'I was born in 1978 in Germany and adopted at birth. My family moved to the American South when I was 4 years old. I grew up in the mountains of Virginia. When I was a child, I would explore the woods behind my house. I ventured alone, following a small creek. One winter day, I deviated from my usual path. As I walked, I heard a man shout. A pack of barking dogs ran toward me, I immediately dropped to the snowy ground and pretended to be dead. I held my breath...'

Max Snow, born in 1984, hails from New York. After numerous shows, both group and solo, he presents his new exhibition The Lady Of Shalott, at colette in Paris. The works are inspired by the poem by Alfred Tennyson. Both the poem and the show serve to raise questions about society and the artist's role, responding to the conflicting commands to create art inspired by the world and also to live in it.

Jeff of 12FV is a freelance graphic designer, illustrator and film photographer who wishes to utilize his craft in art direction and branding. Jeff enjoys camping, bulbous succulents, drawing in his black book, and shooting lots of film photography. If you're lucky he may just catch a photo of your good side, bottoms up! Love.

Hailing from Holland's North sea beach town, Egmond aan Zee- a photographer by the name of 'My Velvet Undies' is busy capturing the innocent seductiveness and beauty of her roses, of their legs, of her sleepy morning haze... Beautiful photographs from somebody who I know nothing about.

This is how we like to kick off the year, with a series of Out of Place objects constructed by a very clever Robert Rickhoff. Playground slides that lead you to oncoming traffic, volleyball courts on the autobahn, skate ramp crosswalks, all situations that are going to lead you to some sort of disaster. Rickhoff is based in Germany, and works as an allaround creative.

One of the most iconic fashion photographers of all time, Steven Meisel easily remains the one photographer with whom all the models aspire to work. He has photographed every cover of Vogue Italia since 1988. Ok, I know its supposed to be year of the snake in 2013, but I can't help but love this portrait of Daphne Guinness for Vogue Italia by Steven Meisel... another dark creature.

The photographic work of Laurence Demaison is exclusively constituted by self-portraits from 1993 to 2009. Since 2010 she occasionally uses mannequins or dolls. The used techniques - shot, development, print - are analogicals and realized by the author. No particular manipulation intervenes beyond the shot (except chemical inversion of films for some series).

Warsaw, Poland's own J?drek Kostecki is out there capturing all of the erotic essence that Poland has to offer. Specializing in nude and partially nude female photography, Kostecki is one of those lucky guys with possibly the best job in the world. Enjoy.

'Photography is more than a hobby for me, during rescent years its become more and more a part of my every day life and part of how I express and explore my persona.' Alexander Bergström is a Stockholm, Sweden based photographer with a realistic, erotic approach to his everyday shots.

Ouka Leele was born in Madrid in 1957 under the name of Barbara Allende. She always wanted to be a painter but discovered photography as another medium of looking at figurative work. She invented a fresh and original way of looking at images and became part of the nation's "Movida" movement.  With a contemporary approach, she is able to define seduction and provocation by playing with the concept of beauty...