A pioneer is someone who is willing and committed to go into unknown territory without a manual or a map - to take part in a course of action that leads the way for others to follow. Max Pioneer is that type of guy, he shows us a part of Moscow that can't be found in any guide or lonely planet edition. All travel agency's do is talk about the Kremlin, snow and intense freezing cold. But u would imagine that there is more to see, any metropolitan area has little something that attracts certain kind of people (our people). Max shows us  a part of that sunny side, when the green fields are flourishing with home-brew liquids cute furry animals, hopping around craving for some attention.

For us it's unbelievable, but nowadays there are still quite some people who have no idea what light painting is. Picasso has done it, Eric Staller is a master in it, Pips-Lab has brought it to the public and nowadays the next generation has stood up to take it to a level beyond whatever you have seen before. We showed you our good friend Dana (TCB) who introduced us to the world of light painting, we showed you the amazing Fiz-Iks crew doing things we've never seen before, we showed you Cindi & Austin Poole and last but not least we've showed you the amazing, energetic Matt ‘earsaregood' Crawford who ties everything together with his film 'luminary' and energy and actually shows us there is a movement going on. We absolutely believe this movement is only at its beginning and that's why we will keep on uncovering fresh artist who are bringing this all to a next level.

Aeschleah (ash-lee-uh) was born April 10, 1984 in a small town called Twain Harte, CA. In 1999, she moved to Los Angeles with her father. She made art from the time she could pick up a crayon, but she didn't discover her undying passion for photography until high school. She graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2007 with a BFA in Photography and has since been working as a professional photographer. She stays true to the trade by shooting film, which seems to be quite the rarity these days. Her photographs tell stories. They're filled with emotions, fantasies, and stereotypes. Her pictures are like fortune cookies waiting to be cracked open to discover the hidden message inside. If you look closely, you're bound to find something deeper than what appears on the surface. Just look.

"90% of the time i shoot film (unless it's for a silly job). i shoot mostly with my Mamiya 7II, but i also shoot with a large format view camera or my yashica point and shoot."

We recently came across a certain gentleman in our shuttercrack group, turns out he's a respected member of the Pistoleers. A mystic bond dating back from times when camera's where the sizes of small houses and flashes where mad out of fireballs. At least that is what we've been told, if it's true who will know. But we're eager to find out, so we wrote sir Petrucci a letter to enlighten us.

"You can't just rely on the idiosyncrasies of film as a cheap crutch to make good pictures, it doesn't work that way."

November 7th we had the honor to have an international crew of street artist collaborating to create the legendary CFYE wall. Among this crew was the amazing Indigo from Vancouver. It was a joy just to see her paint and she left quite an impression on us. Her calm and relaxed attitude (or maybe just compared to the rest of the crew, you know who you are!) which, in combination with her artwork, makes you realize that still waters run deep. Her stencilling has only just begun and she is already well on her way to become one of the great. But she's not limited to stencil art..or anything for that matters. She's a dancer, writer, photographer, poet and more. In other words, a full-time-multi-talent!

On Crack for your Ears we recently featured the new release of Riton & Seji, turns out Joe Lea is the one responsible for this superb video clip. Joe Lea is a traditional 2d animation and Illustrator who is based and works in London (UK). He's been in the animation industry for 2 years and have recently gone freelance. We had a quick chat with him and turns out he's not your average Joe (okay that was lame...)

At the beginning of 2009 I saw this young lady crawling, climbing, ducking and performing other cool gymnastics moves on stage that I wish my body could do. After figuring out she was not part of the horrible venue's back up dancers, but was operating a camera like there was no tomorrow, I knew this could be something special. Rosa Maria Koolhoven works under the name of Nikanika.com. She lives in Utrecht and is in her final year of Graphic Design at the HKU High School of Arts Utrecht. During weekends she likes to take pictures at parties, of which 80% are dubstep parties.

If there's one street artist that didn't stop amazing us in 2009, it's C215 aka Christian Guemy. The Parisian stencil artist with an undeniable unique cutting style has been a busy bee the past year! With many trips, shows, a forced pause by meningitis, collaborations and amazing work after work C215 has grown visibly. And if that wasn't enough Christian turned the neighborhood he resides in (Vitry-sur-seine) into a real street art gallery, inviting some of his favorite artists to paint the streets along side of him.

Overall 2009 showed amazing works of C215. His style evolved greatly, but he also had a few copycats along the way and even someone stealing one of his pieces right of the streets. Recently we started a series of articles dedicated on the year 2009 of C215. Enough reason to ask the man himself how he experienced 2009 and what he will be up to in 2010!

Last year, C215 told us about Adi Sened, aka Kufsened from Tel Aviv, Israel. Adi Sened creates Kufsonim: Small, (self) expressive geometrical figures which roam the streets of Tel Aviv. Next to these, he also practices sculpturing and uses all kinds of other media like bottle caps to make his art. His work speaks to us, so it was about time we'd speak to him. Here's the interview with Adi Sened

Like I often say, there is a big sea of street artists, and especially stencil artists out there at the moment. Some market themselves like crazy, others just hope their talents get them noticed, and some don't even care if they get noticed and just do what they love. Puddeneen just does what he loves. From Braunschweig, Germany and Just 20 years old, he's not planning to quit his day job and does his thing with no pressure at all. Making most of his stencils of his own sketches, the fun and originality can be seen in his work, and we think he has quite the potential! Such talent must be shared.