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A poignant vignette of West Coast living

On the road — In a three-week-long road trip, photographer Owen Tozer and journalist Matt Barr document the influence of Californian board sports culture.

  • Culture
  • Matt Barr

Huck Issue 75 is out now

A brand new chapter — 15 years later, we’re still paddling against the flow. Join us as we kick off a bold new chapter for the magazine – starring Labour MP Zarah Sultana, London author Gabriel Krauze and saxophone supremo Nubya Garcia.

  • Culture
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Photos showing the creative spirit of LA’s lowrider scene

Riding high — From 2014 to 2019, photographer Kristin Bedford attended hundreds of lowrider cruise nights, car shows, quinceaneras, weddings and funerals, documenting a side to LA’s Mexican-American community that challenges prevalent societal stereotypes.

  • Culture
  • HUCK HQ

The LA punks throwing ‘Covid-safe’ backyard shows

Party on — Last summer saw a string of raucous outdoor gigs in Los Angeles. Many attendees wore masks and at some of the shows, there were temperature checks before entry – critics say they’re being reckless, but they claim they’re just keeping their scene alive.

  • Culture
  • Nat Kassel

An intensely personal portrait of LA’s goth and punk girls

What She Said — In a new book, photographer Deanna Templeton combines images she captured of young girls on the streets with her own painfully intimate diary entries to reflect on the emotionally fraught experience of being a teenager.

  • Culture
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A surreal, frenetic portrait of LA’s streets in the ‘70s

City of Angels — In a new exhibition, Gary Krueger takes us on a trip back in time, to when the photographer was hanging out on Hollywood Boulevard, attending parades, pageants, and parties.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

The photographer who shot LA’s queer Latino underground

Disappeared city — During the ’90s, Reynaldo Rivera documented life at La Plaza – a wild LGBTQ+ club in pre-gentrification Los Angeles, where drag queens served as Hollywood stars.

  • Photography
  • Reynaldo Rivera

Tender shots of the '80s East LA gang scene

City of angels — After visiting Los Angeles' Maravilla Park, photographer Janette Beckman got to know a Mexican-American gang there and set about capturing a different side to their community.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

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.

  • Culture
  • Huck

A gripping portrait of the LAPD in the 1990s

A kinder gentler cop — As a ride-along photographer with the LAPD, photographer Joseph Rodriguez captured first hand the work of one of America's most notorious police forces.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

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