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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

Michaela Angela Davis by Adriana Monsalve

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

Dr Dave-Andrew White-Huck

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.

Head over to the Huck Shop now if you’ve missed any of the steps on our journey from Origins, through Survival, Adventure and Change to our Documentary Photography Special and our Fiftieth Anniversary issues.


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