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Gore! Custom Bikes! Hairy Bears!

Maxwell Paternoster's art draws together disparate threads of weirdness — Machines, freaked out beardy daddies and gore are the subject matter for the UK based artist who has been popping up at the unexpected intersection of motorbikes, skate and surf culture. We shoot the breeze with Maxwell....

Written by: Michael Fordham

Culture

Our Nation's Sons — Joe Caslin's public art defined the tone of the Equality Referendum

Artist confronts Ireland's demons — Powerful, beautiful, provocative. Ireland's excluded are placed front and centre

Written by: Cormac O'Brien

Culture

Sharmadean Reid on helping young, working-class, entrepreneurs do what they love

Things I Learned Along the Way — Huck's Fiftieth Special Issue 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, WAH Nails founder Sharmadean Reid explains how she made her dreams a reality, and why she's now driven by helping others to do the same.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Culture

Shell's Arctic drilling mission is back in Greenpeace's line of fire

Oil, Ice, Fire, Dystopian Future — One year on from a successful campaign, the charity has launched a new project to halt the corporation's potentially catastrophic activities.

Written by: Alex Robert Ross

Photography

Photographer of the dispossessed Mary Ellen Mark on how she'd like to be remembered

Death of a documentarian — In this interview from the archives, documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark – who passed away May 25 aged 75 – riffs on the beauty and power of photography.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Culture

Portland's hip hop scene is coming through the fire

Mac Smiff has seen the highs and lows — After intense media coverage, an exodus of talent, and decades of antagonism from the authorities, hip hop lives on in America's least diverse city. Mac Smiff of We Out Here Magazine tells us why, how, and what the future holds.

Written by: Alex Robert Ross

Culture

Beirut's female photographers capture a scarred past and an embattled present

Five photographers offer a snapshot of a troubled city in the latest addition to the POV Female series

Written by: Alex Robert Ross

Culture

Goodbye Letterman!

Huck salutes one of TV's most subversive stars — After 33 years, 22 seasons and over 6,000 episodes, David Letterman has said his last goodbye on The Late Show. Here are a few of our favourite Letterman moments.

Written by: Megan White

Reportage

Photographer Ozier Muhammad documented the stength and struggle of the civil rights movment

Things I Learned Along The Way — Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Ozier Muhammad knows that even quiet moments deserve their place in history.

Written by: Andrea Kurland/Huck HQ

Culture

Zoo York co-founder Eli Morgan Gesner on the truth about 'success'

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, Zoo York co-founder Eli Morgan Gesner shares how he flipped his priorities in life.

Written by: Huck HQ / Anthony Pappalardo

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