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Memories of Seattle’s ’90s & ’00s musical underground

MAKiNG iT — In the wake of the grunge explosion, a new scene began to bubble in the Pacific Northwest, as indie, emo and alt-rock blossomed. Bootsy Holler was one of its key documentarians, photographing the likes of Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie and Fleet Foxes on the ascent, and her debut photobook is a nostalgic trip to the past. 

  • Music
  • Isaac Muk
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Races, revving and revelry: 20 years of US motorcycling in photos

American Motorcycling Culture — Photographer Jack Lueders-Booth has had a lifetime obsession with two wheelers, and the wider culture surrounding them. His new photobook explores his archive between 1980 and 2000, taken at road meets, track races and more.

  • Sport
  • Isaac Muk
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Don McCullin’s painterly still life photographs

The Stillness of Life — While known predominantly for his war photography and depictions of urban life, the legendary photographer also crafted quieter scenes and captured them with his camera. A new photobook explores his archive.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen
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The rave exploring New York and New Jersey’s hidden crevices

Nocturnal Creatures Society — Founded in the wake of the pandemic, the underground party uses the Tri-state Area’s dense urban forest as a playground for its community. We spoke to photographer Matteo Cassina, who has been documenting it since its early editions.

  • Huck 82: The Music Issue
  • Josh Jones
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Naima Green’s intimate, imagined self-portrait of motherhood

Instead, I spin fantasies — After losing her Aunt Dot in 2023, the artist invested in a prosthetic pregnancy belly as a means of experimenting with the look and feel of carrying a child. Her new exhibition dives into her photographic explorations.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen
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Sumo’s away day shook London. Could it ever take off?

Hakkeyoi — Touching down at the Royal Albert Hall, the Grand Sumo Tournament marked the second time an official five-day tournament has ever taken place outside of Japan. Ella Glossop investigates whether the sport could ever find mainstream success on British soil.

  • Sport
  • Ella Glossop
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Defiant, sensuous portraits of the transmasc & non-binary community

t-fags — When perusing photobooks in queer bookshops, El Hardwick and Orion Isaacs realised that none of the people or experiences they found in among the pages represented them. Their new project, which they are crowdfunding to turn into a book, aims to fills that gap.

  • Culture
  • Isaac Muk
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In photos: Wild weekends on the ’90s London Underground

Mind the gap — Mark McEvoy’s new photobook revisits the three-year period when he spent Friday and Saturday evenings roaming the Tube with his camera. The result is a mix of joy, drunkenness and spots of stillness.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen
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What went down at Huck’s Issue 82 launch party

Gems & mems — With an insightful Q&A featuring High Vis’ Graham Sayle and cover star Kojey Radical, along with headsy bass music from Manami and grooves from DJ.FINAL3.INDD, it was an evening to celebrate music, print and community.

  • Huck 82: The Music Issue
  • Ella Glossop
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Resilience and resistance during The Thatcher Years

The iron reign — Photojournalist Paul Pickard’s new book revisits English Midlands life during ’80s, when he was on the frontlines recording news and key events, as tensions between people and authority came to a head.

  • Activism
  • Miss Rosen

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