Culture
The young filmmaker defying a corrupt movie industry in style
Cinema's lone wolf — Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat has delivered a scathing critique of her home country - and our tendency to run with the pack - with a dreamlike masterpiece.
Written by: Alex King
What it’s like to create album art for the world's greatest hip-hop artists
Pulling out the inserts — You might not know his name, but you'll know his work. Vlad Sepetov is the young visual artist designing some of the most notorious album covers in music.
Written by: Locke Fitzpatrick
What American activism looks like in 2016
United States in revolt — Pete Voelker’s passion for both photography and activism may have started young, but the ignition of social justice movements across the United States in the last few years pulled him into action. Now this New York based photographer is immortalising some of the most important political movements of the 21st century.
Written by: Marianna Manson
Huck 57: The Documentary Photo Special IV
Out now — Huck's annual celebration of visual storytelling returns, shining a light on photographers exploring never-ending truths.
Written by: HUCK HQ
A post-Brexit spike in homophobic hate crime? It's a part of 'taking back control'
From Where I Stand — When reports surfaced earlier this week of a spike in homophobic hate crime after Brexit, to many the link made little sense. James Butler argues that in fact taking back control was never just about the European Union, but clawing back society to a distant, oppressive past.
Written by: James Butler
The wild lives of teenagers in Northern Russia
Igor Samolet: Be Happy — A chance encounter with a group of reckless kids helped Russian photographer Igor Samolet rekindle his wild youth.
Written by: Interview: Gemma Padley
Capturing the spirit of childhood
Snapshots of innocence — Side Gallery, the UK's only space dedicated to documentary photography, is relaunching with an exhibition on the complex lives of children, drawing from four decades' worth of projects from around the world. Photographer Liz Hingley takes us through the process of gleaning insight into strangers' lives.
Written by: Cian Traynor
Where are the world’s most creative fashion subcultures?
This is street style — Photographer Daniele Tamagni’s ‘Fashion Tribes’ documents the youth subcultures for whom style means far more than just following trends.
Written by: Alex King
You should probably stop having sex with robots
You, yes you. — Academic and leader of the Campaign Against Sex Robots Kathleen Richardson argues that normalising sex with robots poses enormous harm to ‘johns’ and terrifying consequences for wider society.
Written by: Alex King
The Malian photographer who shot Africa’s post-independence flow
The Eye of Bamako — Malick Sidibé documented a bright new generation throwing off the shackles of colonialism after Mali’s independence in 1960.
Written by: Alex King
