Los Angeles
How one acid-fuelled road trip turned into a full-blown riot
A truly wild day — In the summer of 1986, 15-year-old Zach Sebastian set off on a journey to Zed Records – landing him right in the middle of one of surfing’s most infamous events in the process. Now, over 30 years later, he’s turning the experience into a film.
Written by: O. Stanley
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.
Written by: 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.
Written by: Miss Rosen
A photographic history of East LA in the 90s
Legends never die — In her visual archive, artist Guadalupe Rosales passes on the stories, traditions and history of Chicanx culture in the 1990s.
Written by: Miss Rosen
An inside look at LA’s queer Chicano networks
True radicals — Fusing Mexican-American culture with a DIY punk spirit, the underground Chicano art scene of the late ’60s and early ’90s is finally celebrated a new exhibition.
Written by: Miss Rosen
A trip back in time to the dark heart of Los Angeles
The real film noir — A new book delves into the murky depths of LA’s past, exposing the city’s seedy underbelly through photography, magazine clippings and uncovered police reports.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Venice Beach: The last days of a bohemian paradise
Freaks, geeks and bodybuilders — When Dotan Saguy made the leap from business developer to street photographer, he immersed himself in California's world-famous tourist attraction: a real-life circus on the verge of being gentrified.
Written by: Cian Traynor
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.
Written by: Lorena Endara
The new show celebrating female body positivity
Women on women — A new exhibition looking at diversity, body positivity, and the creative work of female-identifying artists is coming to Los Angeles this week.
Written by: HUCK HQ
The grit and glamour of L.A.'s cinematic streets
Beyond the fairytale facade... — As a first-time visitor to Los Angeles, photographer Julian Caldwell was mesmerised by characters and contradictions that blew all the stereotypes apart.
Written by: Cian Traynor