Documentary Photography
The everyday beauty of Manila, like you've never seen it before
Invisible Cities — Against the backdrop of a drug war, where fear and violence have become normalised, photographer Hannah Reyes Morales has been seeking out moments of tenderness amid the adversity... while learning to understand the place that’s shaped her.
Written by: Hannah Reyes Morales
We've made an all-woman photography issue. This is why.
Voices of change — The seeds of revolution are spreading through documentary photography. A diverse band of image-makers has begun to disrupt narratives that misrepresent and disempower, exposing the flaws of a medium where ‘truth’ is more subjective than it seems.
Written by: Daniella Zalcman
Inside the most intimate spaces in America
Private parts — Lois Bielefeld has spent years documenting people’s domestic rituals, gathering insight into a diverse range of lives while learning to better navigate her own journey.
Written by: Lois Bielefeld
Getting spooky at Whitby’s big, biannual goth get-together
Vampire weekends — Twice a year, a loyal legion of goths descend upon the North Yorkshire town to kick back and hang out by the seaside. Photographer David Severn captures the pilgrimage in all of its pitch-black glory.
Written by: Scott Oliver
This is what the real Wild West looks like
Way out beyond — Photographer Jane Hilton has spent her career seeking out the most fascinating people she can find. It’s a quest that’s led her to the old wild west, where the lives of mavericks – from working girls to bull riders – are never quite what they seem.
Written by: Jane Hilton, as told to Cian Traynor
Inside the dark, depraved world of US frat culture
American ultra — Photographer Andrew Moisey explores the rituals, texts and initiations of American fraternities: breeding grounds for aggressive, toxic masculinity.
Written by: Huck
Powerful portraits of trans youth in the USA
Transcending Self — A search for authenticity led Annie Tritt to the lives of transgender and non-binary youth. But a discovery along the way would change the photographer's own life forever.
Written by: Annie Tritt
Dystopian photos of London’s bankers in meltdown
The 2008 crash — Ten years after the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, Stephen McLaren’s photos remember the fear, helplessness and demented ambivalence in the City of London at that time. “I think next time will be more foreseeable but just as unavoidable,” he says.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Photos of Cuba during the aftermath of Castro’s death
Yo Soy Fidel — In 2016, as the nation mourned Castro, photographer Michael Christopher Brown was granted access to the official funeral cortege, resulting in the journey of a lifetime.
Written by: HUCK HQ
What does the future of resistance look like?
Afropunk Brooklyn — We asked people at this year’s Afropunk Brooklyn about their vision for activism, the future of civil rights and the fight for equality in Trump’s America.
Written by: Gabriela Bhaskar