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Portraits of the East’s monks, pilgrims & wanderers

From Steve McCurry — Steve McCurry’s most iconic work, taken during his extensive travels through Southeast Asia, is celebrated with a luxurious reprint this month.

  • Photography
  • HUCK HQ

Documenting the ‘afterparty’ culture of young Europeans

Weekend warriors — In her latest book, photographer Gioia de Bruijn gets to grips with the hedonism and sexual freedom of underground Amsterdam, Berlin, and London.

  • Photography
  • HUCK HQ

New Yorkers protest homophobia by kissing in the rain

Here, queer and visible — LGBTQ+ campaigners descended on Uzbekistan's consulate in New York City this weekend, to protest the country's state-sponsored homophobia and violence.

  • Activism
  • Michael Segalov

What East London looked like in the 1960s

The East End in Colour — When Chris Dorley-Brown stumbled upon thousands of old colour slides belonging to local photographer David Granick, he quickly set to work. The result is The East End in Colour, a series that remembers the warmth and character of a bygone London.

  • Photography
  • Niall Flynn

Life on Pine Ridge Reservation, Prisoner of War Camp #334

Buffalo Nation — Photographer Q. Sakamaki documents the lives of the Lakota people of Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, a community defiant in the face of oppression.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

Voyeuristic portraits of Tokyo’s hidden faces

Shibuya Unmasked — Standing on the corner of the Shibuya Crossing, photographer Oleg Tolstoy was met with a familiar sight: floods of people in white, near-identical surgical masks. Intrigued by the visual uniformity among the frantic crowds, he decided to document the city’s concealed faces.

  • Photography
  • Niall Flynn

A photographic catalogue of subcultures that refuse to die

Mods, skins & lowriders — For the past six years, Owen Harvey has been finding out why people are drawn to styles from a bygone era... and developing some unexpected perspective on his own life in the process.

  • Outdoors
  • Cian Traynor

Shahla Yasini is leading a surf revolution in Iran

Riding a wave — In the quiet Iranian village of Ramin, a revolution is underway. At its helm is Shahla Yasini - the first Iranian woman to have surfed in the country.

  • Surf
  • Giulia Frigieri

A trip through time at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco

Bump'n'grind — Brooklyn's legendary Empire Roller Skating Center shut its doors for the final time after 60 years in operation back in 2007, but Patrick D. Pagnano's photographs capture the rink in its glorious heyday.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

A journey through Kyrgyzstan, where past and present clash

A Shaded Path — Photographer Elliott Verdier explores the battle for cultural hegemony in the fledgling state, capturing the generational gap between the country’s youth and its elderly.

  • Photography
  • Niall Flynn

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