Los Angeles
For the people of South Central LA, Krumping is therapy
Raised by Krump — Maceo Frost's latest documentary, Raised by Krump, is a powerful insight into the lives of people who have turned a dance into a battle cry, revealing the influence it's had on their own emotional journeys.
Written by: Biju Belinky
The rough charm of life in L.A.'s gaps
Americana via Xerox — Matt Martin uses a photocopier to look beyond the people of the West Coast of the United States – exposing the gritty life that exists between the grand man-made structures and natural wonders of this diverse, quintessentially American landscape.
Written by: Biju Belinky
The reproductive rights zine informing American women
Your body, your choice — Three young artists and activists have created an accessible and participatory publication to help women take charge of their bodies after the US election.
Written by: Marta Bausells
Venice: How a forgotten corner of ‘70s LA gave birth to modern skateboarding
Raising the ghosts of Dogtown — Writer Joe Donnelly’s essay ‘Venice Bohemia: From Abbot Kinney To The Z-Boys’ explores how the crumbling, surfer’s mecca of Venice in the 1970s gave rise to the legendary Z-Boys and skateboarding as we know it. It appears in ‘Los Angeles in the 1970s: Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine’, a collection of essays and short stories that attempts to fill a gap in the literature about culture during one of the City of Angels’ most vibrant decades. It also includes the ‘Cruising Van Nuys’ photo essay by Rick McCloskey, featured here.
Written by: Joe Donnelly
The all-girl hip-hop label taking on the boys and killing it
Welcome to Peach House — Redefining what it means to be a woman in the male-dominated music industry, Blimes Brixton and her Los Angeles girl gang have been making waves with their independent label, Peach House.
Written by: Ella Sadie Guthrie
The photographer who captured the birth of punk and hip hop in the 1980s
Rebel Cultures — To celebrate 10 years of Huck, we're digging through the archives to unearth stories that feel as relevant as ever. When photographer Janette Beckman started documenting underground communities in the US, she had no idea it would change youth culture forever.
Written by: Shelley Jones
LA's cycling movements are about more than just riding the highway
CicLAvia 2016 — Taking to the streets has long been a mode of resistance around the world, and in Los Angeles it's not different. William Warrener traces collisions between transport, status and race at CicLAvia, Los Angeles’s biggest bicycle event.
Written by: William Warrener
California's dirty little secret: What's in the water used to grow your all-American fruit?
Oil wastewater — Details have recently emerged of Californian agriculture’s dirty little secret: for the last twenty years, oil companies have been selling their wastewater to farmers, used to water crops for some of America’s best known food brands.
Written by: William Warrener
The all-female bike crews taking over our streets
Rebellious therapy — In 1896, women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony proclaimed the bicycle as the “greatest feminist technology of its time”. Now it's the motorbike's turn.
Written by: Max Gayler
The artist who spent nine years illustrating a Qu’ran set in modern America
Art and understanding in the face of rising Islamophobia — Los Angeles-based artist Sandow Birk reimagines historical paintings with a contemporary political critique. His latest project is a Qu’ran illustrated with images from today’s America.
Written by: Alex King