Huck’s most popular photo stories of 2017

It’s been a good year for photography on Huck. From the big names to breakout talent, local stories to international reportage, we’ve been lucky enough to exhibit heaps of wonderful work – concluding, fittingly, with Rule-Breakers, the latest of our annual documentary photo specials.

So, as 2017 draws out, we’ve collated the stories that you liked the most over the past 12 months. Featuring Michael Wolf, Betsy Schneider, Constantine Manos and more, here are Huck’s most popular photo stories of the year – as chosen by readers.

Street life, St. Petersburg style – Alexander Petrosyan

Street photographer Alexander Petrosyan spent decades discovering what makes his home town tick: the everyday drama of a city built on contradictions.

Tokyo Compression – Michael Wolf

Michael Wolf spent years documenting the world’s busiest travel system – Tokyo’s Odakyu Odawara Line – capturing a claustrophobic nightmare in the process.

Julia Fullerton-Batten – The Act

Julia Fullerton-Batten’s The Act captures women in the sex industry, putting them in theatrical scenes and allowing them to tell their own stories.

The Kukeri – Aron Klein

In towns and villages across Bulgaria, the Kukeri ritual sees demons and evil spirits scared away. Photographer Aron Klein was there to capture it – in all of its mystical beauty.

Weeknight Dinners – Lois Bielefeld

Photographer Lois Bielefeld has spent years documenting people’s weeknight meal rituals, gathering intimate insight into a diverse range of lives.

Gravity Is Stronger Here – Phyllis B. Dooney

Phyllis B. Dooney, a self-described “Yankee from New England”, embedded herself in Southern living to photograph all the beautiful contradictions of an archetypal American family.

Inside Kleinfontein – Jonas Kakó

In the titular secluded village, residents live a life of segregation and racism, longing to return to their Apartheid past. German photographer Jonas Kakó was invited into the settlement.

American Colour – Constantine Manos 

From the ’90s through to the ’00s, Magnum photographer Constantine Manos travelled across the sunshine state, capturing the life, love and surreal, sun-soaked style of its local residents.

To Be Thirteen – Betsy Schneider

In 2012, Betsy Schneider documented 250 13-year-olds across America. Now that the teens in question are about to graduate, those snapshots of transition are finally coming to light.

You Get Me? – Mahtab Hussain

Photographer Mahtab Hussain’s portraits of young British muslims explore race, representation, respect and cultural difference in a community under attack.

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