Huck’s most popular photo stories of 2017

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Huck’s most popular photo stories of 2017
Picks of the bunch — As the year draws to a close, we collated the best photography pieces of the year – as chosen by readers.

It’s been a good year for photography on Huck. From the big names to breakout talent, local stories to international reportage, we’ve been lucky enough to exhibit heaps of wonderful work – concluding, fittingly, with Rule-Breakers, the latest of our annual documentary photo specials.

So, as 2017 draws out, we’ve collated the stories that you liked the most over the past 12 months. Featuring Michael Wolf, Betsy Schneider, Constantine Manos and more, here are Huck’s most popular photo stories of the year – as chosen by readers.

 © Alexander Petrosyan

© Alexander Petrosyan

Street life, St. Petersburg style – Alexander Petrosyan

Street photographer Alexander Petrosyan spent decades discovering what makes his home town tick: the everyday drama of a city built on contradictions.

 © Michael Wolf

© Michael Wolf

Tokyo Compression – Michael Wolf

Michael Wolf spent years documenting the world’s busiest travel system – Tokyo’s Odakyu Odawara Line – capturing a claustrophobic nightmare in the process.

 © Julia Fullerton-Batten

© Julia Fullerton-Batten

Julia Fullerton-Batten – The Act

Julia Fullerton-Batten’s The Act captures women in the sex industry, putting them in theatrical scenes and allowing them to tell their own stories.

 © Aron Klein

© Aron Klein

The Kukeri – Aron Klein

In towns and villages across Bulgaria, the Kukeri ritual sees demons and evil spirits scared away. Photographer Aron Klein was there to capture it – in all of its mystical beauty.

 © Lois Bielefeld

© Lois Bielefeld

Weeknight Dinners – Lois Bielefeld

Photographer Lois Bielefeld has spent years documenting people’s weeknight meal rituals, gathering intimate insight into a diverse range of lives.

 © Phyllis B. Dooney

© Phyllis B. Dooney

Gravity Is Stronger Here – Phyllis B. Dooney

Phyllis B. Dooney, a self-described “Yankee from New England”, embedded herself in Southern living to photograph all the beautiful contradictions of an archetypal American family.

 © Jonas Kakó

© Jonas Kakó

Inside Kleinfontein – Jonas Kakó

In the titular secluded village, residents live a life of segregation and racism, longing to return to their Apartheid past. German photographer Jonas Kakó was invited into the settlement.

 © Constantine Manos

© Constantine Manos

American Colour – Constantine Manos 

From the ’90s through to the ’00s, Magnum photographer Constantine Manos travelled across the sunshine state, capturing the life, love and surreal, sun-soaked style of its local residents.

 © Betsy Schneider

© Betsy Schneider

To Be Thirteen – Betsy Schneider

In 2012, Betsy Schneider documented 250 13-year-olds across America. Now that the teens in question are about to graduate, those snapshots of transition are finally coming to light.

 © Mahtab Hussain

© Mahtab Hussain

You Get Me? – Mahtab Hussain

Photographer Mahtab Hussain’s portraits of young British muslims explore race, representation, respect and cultural difference in a community under attack.

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