Culture
Curiosity not propaganda: Ozier Muhammad’s incredible civil rights photography
A chorus of urgent voices — Photojournalist Ozier Muhammad has captured some of the most important political pinch points of our times. But, he explains, he was simply driven by a desire to document the everyday.
Written by: Andrea Kurland (interview)
The Atlanta skate park that fought back against gentrification - and won
Disunited States: Black Blocks — Built in 1996 in time for Atlanta to host the Olympic Games, Black Blocks was a small urban square designed to spruce up the highway, but it quickly became an important spot for Atlanta’s skaters. Gentrification is in full swing in the city, and when the authorities tried to shut it down earlier this year, the community rallied together to save it, explains Andrew Murrell.
Written by: Andrew Murrell
Alex Webb’s street scenes capture life at its most poetic
Where the light leads... — Magnum photographer Alex Webb has absorbed the world, catching cinematic moments that make time stand still. Now he’s ready to focus that intuition on the everyday world he calls home.
Written by: Alex Webb
The NYC street photographer who captured the birth of Trump’s America
Welcome to Trumptown USA — Photographer Richard Sandler captured the chaos and creativity on the streets, before the Big Apple was hollowed out by greedy real estate speculators like Donald Trump.
Written by: Alex King
America could learn a lot from the skaters of Atlanta
Lessons from the Fourth Ward Skate Park — As Trump comes to power on a divisive wave of prejudice, the skate community of Atlanta is holding tight and keeping their own utopia alive. In this chapter of Disunited States, a series of dispatches from Georgia, Huck escapes to the Fourth Ward Skate Park and finds a community that refuses to build boundaries.
Written by: Michael Segalov
Rediscovering the roots of London reggae, one album cover at a time
Vinyl legends — Photographer Alex Bartsch has set himself an ambitious mission to track down the locations on the sleeves of iconic UK reggae records released over two decades, between 1967 and 1987.
Written by: Angel Lambo
These are the beautiful faces of London today
People of London — Photographer Peter Zelewski’s intimate portraits of Londoners pay tribute to the technicolour mix of people who make it the greatest city on earth.
Written by: Alex King
Artists, activists and cultural rebels react to Trumpageddon
The end is nigh? — The blonde grope-monster is one step closer to getting his hands on the big red nuke button. Here’s how our family of artists, countercultural figures and activists reacted.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Under Trump make no mistake: We're all refugees now
From Where I Stand — What happens when the arc of history no longer bends towards justice? As Donald Trump upends the world in the greatest political upset for generations, Japanese-American writer Tetsuhiko Endo reflects on what the future holds for anyone fighting on the fringes.
Written by: Tetsuhiko Endo
Huck's heroes on their hopes for America under Obama
Flashback to 2008 — Eight years ago, on the eve of Obama's election, we asked five of our American counter-cultural heroes to tell us their hopes and fears for the future if the U.S. was really to elect its first black President. America delivered, but did Barack? Here's Kelly Slater, Adam Yauch, Ed Templeton, Stacy Peralta and Chuck D.
Written by: Tim Donnelly // Chloe McClosky
