Culture
Sunny street shots of New York in the ‘80s
Shoot from the hip — Before carving out a career as a music photographer, Michael Lavine worked the avenues of Manhattan – capturing the chaotic crowds of another era.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Capturing love and loss on the streets of Poughkeepsie
Down by the Hudson — Photographer Caleb Stein explores the backstreets of his hometown for his striking black and white series, Down by the Hudson.
Written by: Caleb Stein
Todd Hido's voyeuristic lens captures suburbia's secretive side
Intimate Distance — By identifying as an artist rather than simply a photographer, Todd Hido has forged an illustrious career out of sheer creative freedom. Taken at a step removed but with an inquisitive eye, the breadth of his work proves that there are no limits except the ones you impose on yourself.
Written by: Todd Hido, as told to Cian Traynor
Huck presents Rule-Breakers: The Exhibition
Showing until Dec 22 — To mark the release of The Documentary Photography Special V, Huck presents a group exhibition celebrating the renegades reinventing the rules.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Teen Londoners explore their identity through photography
Where we belong — A new show at the Autograph ABP gallery – featuring photography, installations and zines – sees students discover what ‘home’ means to them.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Cult photographer Janette Beckman shares her sartorial memoirs
Worn in New York — A new book reveals the mysteries that lie behind the clothes of creatives; from Eileen Myles to Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. In an exclusive extract, Janette Beckman shares the story behind her favourite Def Jam bomber.
Written by: Janette Beckman, as told to Emily Spivack
The people and places that define London's coffee culture
The revolution will be caffeinated — The coffee world is at a turning point: there's never been more interest in what makes a good cup, yet the industry is still rife with misconceptions. A new book from Hoxton Mini Press aims to counteract that, celebrating all that's great about the planet's most dynamic coffee scene.
Written by: Cian Traynor
Skate filmmaker French Fred talks 30 years of breaking rules
Huck x Element — Few possess the same level of instinct as the photographer known as Fred Mortagne. A former skate rat who's become a maverick photographer, he refuses to switch his style up for anyone or anything.
Written by: Niall Flynn
Inside the warped, disturbing world of Roger Ballen
Chaos over order — The iconic photographer has been crafting his own, mysterious world for five decades now – and the results are being celebrated in a new book.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Ed Templeton on Larry Clark's renegade style of photography
Kindred spirits — There is a lineage of photographers who shoot to shock, planting themselves in fringe-dwelling scenes with the eye of a lustful voyeur. Larry Clark was never one of them. His photographs of wayward teens bingeing on sex and drugs, and leaving 1960s America aghast, are moments that he lived. It’s in this brutal suburbia, in the faces of strung-out kids, that skateboarder Ed Templeton first realised that his own life could be a muse.
Written by: Ed Templeton
