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In Portugal, a DIY longboarding festival is keeping surfing’s radical roots alive

Gliding Barnacles — Set in Figueira da Foz, the five day get together was born out of the local scene’s desire to protect the local environment and their coastal breaks. Ellie Howard traces its growth and all round celebration of creativity.

  • Sport
  • Ellie Howard

On Marrakech’s outskirts, a skatepark reimagines possibility for local youth

Tameslouht — Built on the grounds of the Fiers et Forts orphanage, a new spot is providing space for connection and purpose, while incubating top-class talent. Ellie Howard reports from its banks.

  • Sport
  • Ellie Howard

The secret anarchist mecca hidden in the California desert

Slab City — Tucked away between the Sunshine state’s remote military zones, Slab City has become an unlikely home for nomads, drifters and addicts who have been left behind by American society. In a new project, photographer Laura Henno offers a fresh perspective on the community’s everyday reality.

  • Photography
  • Ellie Howard

Photos that capture the red lights of ’70s Paris

Pigalle People — Out of low-lit bars and into bedrooms, Pigalle People is an ode to Paris’s lost sex-workers through the humanist lens of Jane Evelyn Atwood.

  • Photography
  • Ellie Howard

Behind the scenes at America’s new legal cannabis farms

The pot farmer’s daughter — As the daughter of a pot farmer, Kristen Angelo grew up around the plant. Now, she’s using photography to eradicate the stigma, and encourage what she believes to be a major grassroots social and political movement.

  • Photography
  • Ellie Howard

Documenting queer life under Turkey’s AKP party

The Purple Room — LGBT people are being forced to live in the shadows thanks to Turkey’s highly conservative government. In his new book, The Purple Room, Helio Leon shares their struggle.

  • Photography
  • Ellie Howard

The dark, gritty underbelly of the post-Soviet east

Absurd in Abkhazia — After finding his first camera in a skip, Petr Barabakaa has been photographing the streets as only a skater could: fleeting and accident prone.

  • Photography
  • Ellie Howard

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