Culture
Love and heroin addiction in NYC laid bare in Heaven Knows What
Director Q&A — Without a series of cosmic coincidences, gritty indie feature Heaven Knows What would never have come together, explains director Josh Safdie.
Written by: Robin Nierynck
This American Life's Stephanie Foo landed her dream job by embracing failure
Things I Learned Along the Way — Huck’s Fiftieth Anniversary Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we’ll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, Stephanie Foo tells how she got her dream job - as a producer at This American Life - by being really good at failing.
Written by: Andrea Kurland
Kazuo Ishiguro had to work a tough job to truly understand human nature
Things I Learned Along the Way — Huck’s Fiftieth Anniversary Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we’ll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, Kazuo Ishiguro discusses how formative years spent as a social worker altered his worldview and shaped his writing.
Written by: Huck HQ / D'Arcy Doran
The street gangs, dancers and hustlers of the Deep South
New exhibition: The Gods — Scottish photographer Ivar Wigan explores urban poverty and the lives of marginalised groups in North America’s Deep South.
Written by: Robin Nierynck
The world's oldest skydiver will make you reassess everything
Meet Dylis Price — Forget what you heard about OAPs and meet one who's ditched her bus pass for a parachute.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Let the beat guide you through 30 years of notions of beauty
'Through time it gets crazier' — Punk, rave, and hip hop culture: Take a tour through how subcultures have shaped beauty in i-D’s latest video.
Written by: Advertorial
Laura Poitras explores surveillance and pandas with Ai Weiwei
The Art of Dissent — The Citizenfour filmmaker collaborates with dissident artists Ai Weiwei and Jason Appelbaum on an art-project in Beijing.
Written by: Robin Nierynck
High Maintenance creators bucked the system by trusting the wisdom of their gut
Things I Learned Along The Way — Huck's Fiftieth Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we'll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, High Maintenance creators Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld explain why bucking the system was the best decision they ever made.
Written by: Huck HQ / Samantha Maine
Huck's first clothing collection, with Roots.
Paddle Against The Flow — A clothing collaboration that celebrates the philosophy behind the first Huck book Paddle Against the Flow.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Tiananmen's Disappearing Tank man
Reproduced paintings illustrate the whitewashing of Chinese protesters' struggle — 26 years ago this week, newspapers around the world carried an image that we now recognise immediately. Today, the image still plays an important role in revealing attitudes towards Tiananmen and its aftermath.
Written by: Alex Robert Ross
