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Inside a vibrant '90s Kingston dancehall community

No Gyal Can Test — Photographer Akeem Smith, who grew up between Brooklyn and Jamaica, has spent much of his life chronicling the creative spirit of dancehall and his archive forms a love letter to the culture that raised him.

Written by: Miss Rosen

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Huck 74: The Action Issue

Out now! — In times like these, the act of making something happen for yourself has never felt more urgent. Our latest print instalment celebrates doing just that – spotlighting the people moving to transform their worlds for the better.

Written by: Huck

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Vintage portraits of Harlem street style

Hustle and bustle — Photographer Martine Barrat remembers New York at the height of the crack and AIDS epidemics and the dignity of communities fighting to survive.

Written by: Miss Rosen

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Photos exploring the cost of the American dream

Welcome to Santa Barbara — When photographer Diana Markosian was younger, her mother whisked her away from Moscow to America to start a new life. In a new book, Markosian pieces together those memories.

Written by: Miss Rosen

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The young hackers transforming rural China

Blockchain Chicken Farm — In their new book, author and technologist Xiaowei Wang meets the residents of a place often left out of Silicon Valley narratives who are building their own high-tech future.

Written by: Josh Gabert-Doyon

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How hate-symbol Pepe the Frog took trolling mainstream

Feels Good Man — The directors of a new documentary about Pepe the Frog speak to Huck about how the cartoon was co-opted by the far right, and what it tells us about the state of America.

Written by: Daniel Dylan Wray

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A trucker's photographic ode to America

Ryan Shorosky in conversation — Photographer and truck-driver Ryan Shorosky has driven all over the US, along the way capturing remarkable landscapes and experiencing first-hand the country's deep divisions.

Written by: Alice Austin

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Coming of age in 70s rural Scotland

Passing Place — In a new book, photographer Sandy Carson captures landscapes and intimate scenes of daily life, combined with archive photos, in a moving visual ode to his mother.

Written by: Miss Rosen

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Tender portraits of Black life in Houston’s Fourth Ward

Past and present — Photographer Earlie Hudnall Jr. has spent more than 40 years documenting the resilient communities which make up Houston's Third and Fourth Ward, a place where former slaves settled after the Civil War.

Written by: Miss Rosen

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The intimate stories behind Terry O’Neill’s iconic portraits

From Bardot to Bowie — O'Neill, who died almost a year ago, was one of the first photographers given access to unsupervised celebrity culture and his natural charm brought out the best his subjects.

Written by: Miss Rosen

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