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Inside the Los Angeles scene kid revival

The Rawring ’20s — For the cover of Huck 84, photographer Alexis Gross and writer Anna Zanes meet the latest faces of scene, who are finding freedom to express themselves through its technicolour, unafraid aesthetic.

  • Huck 84: It Starts With Us
  • Anna Zanes
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The strange suburban mundanity of San Fernando Valley’s porn industry

The Valley — Legendary photographer Larry Sultan grew up in the northern Los Angeles suburb, which also happened to be the 20th century epicentre of the country’s adult film industry. Spending days on set shooting life behind the scenes, his now-canon series blurred fantasy, desire and domesticity. 

  • Culture
  • Isaac Muk

Swan Moon’s cinematic portrait of growing up Korean in ’90s Los Angeles

Self reflections — Picking up her first camera at the age of eight, the photographer took countless shots of her life, friends and city to help make sense of her surroundings. Her new photobook looks back on those formative years.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen
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How Santa Monica Blvd inspired queer classic film Hustler White

Baal — Rick Castro’s new exhibition explores his journey from photographing male sex workers in LA to creating one of the most shocking LGBTQ+ films of all time.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

Los Angeles is burning: Rick Castro on fleeing his home once again

Braver New World — In 2020, the photographer fled the Bobcat Fire in San Bernardino to his East Hollywood home, sparking the inspiration for an unsettling photo series. Now, while preparing for its exhibition, he has had to leave once again, returning to the mountains.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

A portrait of Los Angeles at the turn of the 1980s

Behind the glamour — In the exhibition Los Angeles Cibachromes, photographer John Humble peels back the city’s glitzy facade.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

Surreal snapshots of everyday Los Angeles

Plastic fantastic — Street photographer Isaac Diggs captures a city at odds with itself, using a wide array of formats to explore the complex and layered nuances of LA life.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

The Travel Diary: A nostalgic stroll through the streets of LA

What you see along the way — Photographer Lorena Endara shoots the freeways, businesses, and housing projects of Boyle Heights for her latest photo series, LA (Latin America) Dreams.

  • Travel
  • Lorena Endara

In Trump's America, there is nowhere for LGBT people to hide

My Month With Trump — Each month until Trump leaves office we'll be hearing how he's impacted individual lives in our column My Month With Trump. As the Bigot-in-Chief looks poised to sign an anti-LGBT executive order, LA-based Jeff Leavell hits out at his fellow white gay men just like him sitting silently by in his community as the flames of prejudice spread. There is no safe space to hide in.

  • Activism
  • Jeff Leavell

The reproductive rights zine informing American women

Your body, your choice — Three young artists and activists have created an accessible and participatory publication to help women take charge of their bodies after the US election.

  • Print
  • Marta Bausells

The photographer removing gang members' tattoos to help us see past the ink

Skin Deep — Tattoos are an integral part of American gang culture, and for those wishing to make fresh starts these permanent marks are hard to escape. By capturing ex-gang members and photoshopping out their tats, photographer Steven Burton's latest project, 'Skin Deep', helps us see past the ink.

  • Photography
  • Khadija Ahmed

The all-girl hip-hop label taking on the boys and killing it

Welcome to Peach House — Redefining what it means to be a woman in the male-dominated music industry, Blimes Brixton and her Los Angeles girl gang have been making waves with their independent label, Peach House.

  • Hip Hop
  • Ella Sadie Guthrie

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