Alex King
What can walking Greece’s ancient marathon route teach us about the country today?
In Pictures: Greece at the crossroads of Europe — Documentary photographer Caro Hutchings’s walk from Marathon to Athens revealed a country once again battling for its identity and survival.
Written by: Alex King
Oxi, outrage and optimism: what is life like for young, creative Greeks today?
Thoughts after a year of Syriza — A year ago, Greece’s first radical left government promised to end austerity. They failed. But has anything changed? Skaters, street artists, illustrators and photographers explain the situation through their eyes.
Written by: Alex King
Photographers come together to free imprisoned Egyptian photojournalist
#FreeShawkan — Photographers are sharing pictures of themselves on social media in support of Mahmoud Abou Zeid, jailed for covering a protest against Egypt’s military government.
Written by: Alex King
Video: Artist Kyle Platts on making a living from smutty and surreal illustrations
Bogeys, buttholes and boners — Check out this video profile of Kyle Platts, one of the twenty artists and photographers involved in transatlantic skate art initiative the LB Project.
Written by: Alex King
How barbering kickstarted a new creative life for AONO founder Paul Hewitt
Another Track — When Paul Hewitt walked into a barbershop for the first time, he picked up his life and threw himself in a new direction. And he hasn’t looked back since.
Written by: Alex King
Kenyan rapper Octopizzo found his voice when he chose to lift up his community
Calling bullshit on foreign aid and broken promises — Look at Kibera, Africa’s largest slum, through Octopizzo’s eyes and you’ll see talent everywhere. The Kenyan rapper brings colour and true upliftment by giving back to his own roots.
Written by: Alex King
Huck’s best portraits of 2015
Faces that shaped our world — Twenty-six of the best portraits from a year of privileged glimpses into extraordinary lives.
Written by: Alex King
Video: The street artists who bombed primetime with ‘Homeland is racist’ graffiti
Homeland Is Not A Series — Caram Kapp explains why the Arabian Street Artists had to challenge Homeland’s inaccurate and damaging portrayal of the Middle East, War on Terror and the refugee crisis.
Written by: Alex King
Expert view: UK government’s legal highs ban is a joke
Do we even know what we’re banning? — The UK government’s proposed Psychoactives Bill attempts to ban all ‘legal highs’. It will never work, explains Jason Reed, spokesperson at LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition).
Written by: Alex King
Turkish artist paints ordinary life back in to photos of wartorn Syrian cities
Life Without War — Oğuzhan Cin’s moving series evokes the everyday lives destroyed and the dreams lost for Syrian children.
Written by: Alex King