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In photos: the dogs of Dogtown

A new photobook documents Venice Beach’s four legged friends and their colourful cast of owners.

  • Photography
  • Isaac Muk

Fragile, intimate portraits of California’s imprisoned youth

New monograph ‘A Poor Imitation of Death’ documents and humanises the stories of seven young Californian inmates, aged between 16 and 20 years old, who were tried as adults despite being juveniles.

  • Photography
  • Isaac Muk

A poignant vignette of West Coast living

On the road — In a three-week-long road trip, photographer Owen Tozer and journalist Matt Barr document the influence of Californian board sports culture.

  • Culture
  • Matt Barr

Vince Staples is focused on the bigger picture

Taking trips — With his new self-titled album, the Long Beach rapper has constructed a swelling commentary on adolescence and upbringing. Just don’t expect him to tell you what the message is.

  • Music
  • Christine Ochefu

The anti-racist surf crew taking back LA’s beaches

Turn the tide — ‘Color The Water’ is a different kind of surf crew. Formed as Black Lives Matter protests swept the globe, the Los Angeles collective is out to reclaim surf culture in southern California – one wave at a time.

  • Outsiders Project
  • Jibri Nuriddin

A visual diary of Black artists coming of age in the '90s

Living to create — After acquiring a Polaroid camera, photographer Lyle Ashton Harris began capturing a transformative period of his life as a young artist studying at Cal Arts.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

Coming of age in a 1970s California suburb

West Coast dreaming — In her early 20s, photographer Mimi Plumb returned to her childhood home to document a generation of disaffected youth growing up amid the drought-ridden California landscape.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

A gripping portrait of the LAPD in the 1990s

A kinder gentler cop — As a ride-along photographer with the LAPD, photographer Joseph Rodriguez captured first hand the work of one of America's most notorious police forces.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

Jamie Brisick reflects on losing his home to wildfires

A whole year later — One year since uncontrollable flames wreaked havoc through Malibu, Huck’s Contributing Editor looks back on what losing everything can teach you.

  • Reportage
  • Jamie Brisick

Photos from California’s countercultural heyday

Alien days — Back in print for the first time since 1970, Dennis Stock’s California Trip serves as a radical visual history, depicting the Sunshine State at its heady peak.

  • Photography
  • Huck

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