Huck’s best portraits of 2015

Huck’s best portraits of 2015
Faces that shaped our world — Twenty-six of the best portraits from a year of privileged glimpses into extraordinary lives.

As 2015 draws to a close, it’s time to look back over Huck’s year-long journey through DIY culture. We spent the year exploring the lives of inspiring people who swim against the tide to do things that matter – and we couldn’t have brought their stories to life without the photographers who share their talent with us each issue.

Collected here are twenty-six of the best portraits of the year.

Geoff McFetridge

Geoff Mcfetridge

Shot by Jessica Chou. Read the full story here.

Chuck Ragan

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Shot by Bryan Derballa. Read the full story here.

Peggy Oki

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Shot by John Francis Peters. Read the full story here.

Viv Albertine

Viv Albertine for Huck Magazine

Shot by Jackie Dewe Mathews. Read the full story here.

Alfred Bobé Jr

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Shot by Andrew White. Read more here.

Martin Parr

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Shot by Will Robson-Scott. Read more here.

Easkey Britton

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Shot by Tomas Hein. Read more here.

Ozier Muhammad

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Shot by Andrew White. Read more here.

Toro y Moi (Chaz Bundick)

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Shot by Andrew Paynter. Read more here.

Tune Yards

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Shot by Mike Belleme. Read more here.

Douglas Coupland

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Shot by Elliot Kennedy. Read more here.

Mr Bingo

Mr. Bingo

Shot by Olivia Bohac. Read the full story here.

Stephanie Foo

Huck | Stephanie Foo

Shot by Bryan Derballa. Read the full story here.

Russell Brand

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Shot by José Sarmento de Matos. Read the full story here.

Nell Zink

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Shot by Lia Darjes. Read the full story here.

Amy Goodman

Amy Goodman

Shot by Dorothy Hong. Read the full story here.

Arooj Aftab

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Shot by Diàna Markosian. Read more here.

Michaela Angela Davis

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Shot by Adriana Monsalve. Read more here.

Twin Shadow

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Shot by Philip Montgomery. Read more here.

Jonathan Shaw

Jonathan Shaw for HUCK

Shot by Jessica Chou. Read the full story here.

Octopizzo

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Shot by Dominic Nahr.

Refugee Stories – Yona Kim

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Shot by Michael Vince Kim.

Dr Dave

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Shot by Andrew White.

Achingol Mayom

Achingol Mayom sits on a rock at the Empress Falls in the Blue Mountains National Park outside Sydney. Achingol arrived in Newcastle, Australia, in 2003 aged 7 with her Mother and five siblings.

Shot by Conor Ashleigh.

Stephanie Lightfoot-Bennett

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Shot by Jonathan Hanson. Read the full story here.

Mujtaba Jalali (friends of the photographer)

Mujtaba Jalali

Shot by Mujtaba Jalali.

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