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Finding redemption at the bars

Directed by Spencer Murphy, The Bars celebrates a community that has grown up around bar parks made from knives recovered from the streets of London by charity Steel Warriors.

  • Huck Presents
  • Alex King

Unruly portraits of punks at Blackpool’s Rebellion Festival 2023

Photographer Spencer Murphy explores punk’s enduring role in British culture and why we need its rebellious ethos more than ever right now.

  • Punk
  • Alex King

Ghetts has entered a whole new dimension

Almost two decades into his career, the London MC is at the peak of his powers, finally receiving the critical and commercial attention his blistering output has long warranted. It begs the question: what next?

  • Huck 76
  • Niall Flynn

Strange days: eerie photos of locked-down London

The new normal — Spencer Murphy’s ongoing series sees him venturing out to capture scenes that hint at the cultural shifts we are currently witnessing, encapsulating the unfamiliarity of the present.

  • Photography
  • Huck

A street hustler’s journey to world-renowned tattoo artist

Physical graffiti — As OBE1, Josh Peacock tagged the streets of Cambridge and dealt weed on the side. Then heroin and homelessness upended his life. But through the healing power of tattoos, he has reinvented himself as a different kind of artist.

  • Culture
  • Cyrus Shahrad

Tearing up the tarmac with Britain's urban dirt bikers

Tales from the city — Spencer Murphy spent a year photographing the UK's BikeLife riders, capturing a scene addicted to freedom, rebellion and speed.

  • Photography
  • Biju Belinky

London's young Muslim rappers know the power of verse

Holy lyrics — Across Britain, a new generation of outspoken young rappers are interweaving Islam and hip hop to create a lyrical tapestry that’s all their own.

  • Reportage
  • Cyrus Shahrad

The man who eats roadkill

Waste not, want not — Arthur Boyt likes to forage for his food, shunning the supermarket shelf for what lies beside the road. Could his unusual lust for roadkill be a lesson in subsistence?

  • Reportage
  • Cyrus Shahrad

Staring into the abyss with photographer Spencer Murphy

In search of isolation — Spencer Murphy’s solo show Ephemera brings together his signature barren landscapes and evocative portrait photography.

  • Photography
  • Alex King

Spencer Murphy

Sony World Photography Award Winner 2014 — From award-winning portraits to post-apocalyptic worlds, Spencer Murphy's ability to dance with light often borders on ethereal. But as lifelong friend Cyrus Shahrad explains, there's meaning in the mist.

  • Photography
  • Cyrus Shahrad

Female Bodybuilders

Macho, Sexy Girl — Society has long told us what real women should look like, and female bodybuilders break every rule. But this gender-bashing sport could be under threat, as competitors face a new pressure to ‘bring sexy back.’ Will the patriarchy ever stop telling these chicks to do it for the lads? Maybe. Maybe not.

  • Reportage
  • Cyrus Shahrad

Cheryl Maas

Far From Fake — Holland’s Cheryl Maas may have kick-started her career on artificial turf, but in the glitzy world of pro snowboarding she’s about as real as it gets.

  • Snow
  • Gemma Freeman

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