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'90s nostalgia at Cali beach skateparks captured in analogue

Skateboarding in Los Angeles photo series — Up-and-coming UK artist and photographer Harry Cartwright on inspiration, his love affair with LA, and the next steps.

Written by: Sam John Warner

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Capturing communities living on the fringes of the world

Images of a disconnected world — Canadian photographer Aaron Vincent Elkaim captures the human fallout of industrial development, where communities are being cut off from their heritage and land.

Written by: Andrea Kurland

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An antarctic explorer describes what it's like to walk to the edge of the earth and live to tell the tale

A memoir by Polar explorer Ben Saunders — In 2013 Ben Saunders and Tarka L’Herpiniere became the first humans to walk 2,900 kilometres from the shore of the Antarctic to the South Pole and back again. But perhaps the greatest lesson, as Saunders explains here, was learned on their return home.

Written by: Ben Saunders

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Why did Lina Hashim secretly photograph Muslim couples having sex?

Transgressions in the dark — Iraqi-Danish photographer Lina Hashim’s provocative Unlawful Meetings series explores secret sexual encounters which overstep Islam's boundaries.

Written by: Alex King

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Harold Feinstein: Last Stop Coney Island

Contemplating Home — Sometimes the hardest place to understand is the one where you’re from. Before his death in June 2015, photographer Harold Feinstein explained how he found inspiration just outside his front door.

Written by: Harold Feinstein

Culture

Wisdom from pioneering skate documentarian Craig R. Stecyk III

Exploration Of The Soul — Knowledge and insight from the high prophet of skate culture.

Written by: HUCK HQ

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Photographer Jason Larkin unpicks South Africa’s complex present

Waiting and Platinum — Jason Larkin releases two photography projects from South Africa, Waiting and Platinum, which reveal the subtle complexities of the Rainbow Nation two decades after apartheid.

Written by: Alex King

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"My first novel was shit, but it taught me how to write."

We Don’t Know What We’re Doing — It took Thomas Morris three years to write the book of his dreams. Then he scrapped it, sat down, and wrote the truth.

Written by: Thomas Morris

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Quiet Zone photographer Emile Holba’s adventure playlist

Books, music and film for journeys off the beaten track — Emile explored America's National Radio Quiet Zone in Huck’s Adventure Issue, a 13,000 square mile area of radio silence in West Virginia where a giant telescope scans outer-space.

Written by: Alex King

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Life through the lens of homeless Londoners

Rarely-seen perspectives — Homeless people in London were given disposable cameras by charity Café Art. These are the incredible images they shot.

Written by: Megan White

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