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Photos that capture the sacrifice of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc

Shot through the eyes of elite trail runner Jamie Mourn, this photo essay captures the agony and ecstasy of the UTMB.

  • Merrell
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A photographer’s elegy to the evolution of Drum and Bass

Who say reload — Eddie Otchere remembers photographing the UK’s rave scene from the inside, and how a generation of young people built their own clubbing paradise in defiance of authority.

  • Culture
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It‘s a Sin’s Nathaniel Hall on the reality of living with HIV

Fighting stigma — We sat down on our Instagram channel with actor and activist Nathaniel Hall, who contracted HIV at age 16, to discuss the Channel 4 drama and how, after years of keeping it secret, he came to live openly and boldly with the disease.

  • Activism
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Photos showing the creative spirit of LA’s lowrider scene

Riding high — From 2014 to 2019, photographer Kristin Bedford attended hundreds of lowrider cruise nights, car shows, quinceaneras, weddings and funerals, documenting a side to LA’s Mexican-American community that challenges prevalent societal stereotypes.

  • Culture
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A groundbreaking document of lesbian life in the ‘70s

Eye to Eye — When it was released in 1979, JEB’s landmark photobook revolutionised how queer women saw themselves. Now, four decades later, ahead of the book’s rerelease, the photographer says we still have much further to go when it comes to LGBTQ+ representation.

  • Culture
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A raucous portrait of Baltimore after dark

Alive at night — From illicit sex parties to underground hip-hop battles, Joseph M Giordano’s photographs from the last 25 years offer a rich tapestry of Baltimore’s vibrant nightlife.

  • Culture
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Photos of New York’s drag explosion in the ‘80s

Absolutely dragulous — Drag performer Linda Simpson remembers capturing her friends on wild, hedonistic nights out in New York East Village’s underground bars.

  • Culture
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An intensely personal portrait of LA’s goth and punk girls

What She Said — In a new book, photographer Deanna Templeton combines images she captured of young girls on the streets with her own painfully intimate diary entries to reflect on the emotionally fraught experience of being a teenager.

  • Culture
  • HUCK HQ

Heady nights in ‘89 Ibiza, a clubbing paradise

Pure ecstasy — Photographer Dave Swindells remembers shooting Ibiza's open-air superclubs and daytime beach raves at a moment when the Island was on the cusp of a rave revolution.

  • Culture
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Inside a ‘90s art school student house

Cool Britannia — Photographer Marc Vallée remembers shooting his friends at their dilapidated East London house during a golden age of British art institutions.

  • Culture
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Introducing the Huck List

20 for 2020 — This year, we spotlight the inspiring individuals and activist groups who have been on the frontlines of the fight for a better future.

  • Activism
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Stories from a world in flux: our best deep-dives of 2020

Always moving — From in-depth essays to on-the-ground reporting in communities stretched across the globe, here are the pieces we’re most proud of this year.

  • Culture
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