Culture
Gordon Parks’ luminous photos of Black American life
Resist to exist — A new exhibition celebrates the life of one of the most pioneering photographers to have lived, whose work offered an intimate portrait of the complex realities for Black Americans between the ’40s and ’70s.
Written by: Miss Rosen
The project reviving Beirut’s forgotten trans history
Treat Me Like Your Mother — Combining studio shoots, interviews and archival imagery, a new book documents the untold stories of 11 trans women living in Beirut and rewrites the queer history of a war-torn city.
Written by: Gunseli Yalcinkaya
Photos of New York’s drag explosion in the ‘80s
Absolutely dragulous — Drag performer Linda Simpson remembers capturing her friends on wild, hedonistic nights out in New York East Village’s underground bars.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Inside the Reddit community calling for the abolition of work
’Unemployment for all!’ — As the Covid crisis exacerbates and exposes the problematic structure of work, the subreddit r/antiwork are asking: what if the issue with work was work itself?
Written by: Emma Pirnay
An unflinching portrait of the women’s liberation movement
Truth to power — For the past half-century, photographer Donna Ferrato has been on the frontlines of women’s rights protests, documenting fierce political battles and the hidden world of domestic abuse.
Written by: Miss Rosen
A colourful celebration of Glasgow in the ‘70s and ‘80s
Spirit of the city — Photographer Douglas Corrance, now age 73, remembers documenting scenes of daily life during a period in the Scottish city that saw urban decay give way to urban renewal.
Written by: Miss Rosen
An intensely personal portrait of LA’s goth and punk girls
What She Said — In a new book, photographer Deanna Templeton combines images she captured of young girls on the streets with her own painfully intimate diary entries to reflect on the emotionally fraught experience of being a teenager.
Written by: HUCK HQ
The Mitchell Brothers, British rap’s forgotten duo
Geezers with skills — In the early noughties, Owura “Tony” Nyanin and Kofi “Teddy” Hanson were signed to Mike Skinner’s label and two of the UK’s most influential MCs – then they disappeared. Now reunited over a decade later, the pair say the world wasn’t ready for them.
Written by: Sam Davies
Photos capturing the banal eccentricity of English life
Being British — Barry Lewis discusses his new book, which brings together some of the photographer’s more quietly powerful images from 1975 to 2005 to celebrate the richness of a shared culture.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Inside the complex world of ex-Mormon TikTok
Exiting the cult — ‘Exmos’ are flocking to TikTok to share their stories of leaving the LDS Church and building supportive communities which are helping them to heal.
Written by: Catharine Hughes