Identity
Capturing the complexity of Afro-Puerto Rican Identity
Beyond appearances — Photographs exploring and honouring the nuanced, and at times fraught, stories of Latinx culture.
Written by: Miss Rosen
The esports stars changing gamer culture from within
Game on — As esports grows into a billion-dollar industry, the only threat to its potential lies within gaming culture’s toxic lack of inclusivity. With the stakes growing ever higher, we hear from the pros determined to blaze a new trail.
Written by: Damian Alonzo
A photographer finds moments of beauty and optimism, even in the darkest places
Beyond here is nothing — Growing up without a fixed place to call home, Laura El-Tantawy struggled with a fractured identity. Then she found liberation in the form of a camera, developing an impressionistic eye that helped her reconnect with her native Egypt.
Written by: Laura El-Tantawy, as told to Cian Traynor
Cruising the streets with New York’s lowriders
Mexico meets America — Owen Harvey captures the lowriding scene in New York – the cars, men and women keeping the subculture alive.
Written by: Biju Belinky
Inside the slick, stylish world of black dandyism
Meet the dandy lions — In her latest book, curator Shantrelle P. Lewis meets modern-day black dandies – men who explore their diasporic identity through colourful, patterned suits, using their impeccable style to expand the conversation on gender, race, sexuality, masculinity and class.
Written by: Biju Belinky
A photographer's epic quest through the former USSR
Couchsurfing along the fringe — Nomadic photographer Gianluca Pardelli hitched his way around the former Soviet Union, searching for identity in a cultural vacuum.
Written by: Cian Traynor
The crisis of masculinity facing young British Muslims
You Get Me? — Photographer Mahtab Hussain has spent years exploring what it means to be a young British Muslim, looking at race and representation, respect and cultural difference in a community under attack.
Written by: Michael Segalov
The love affair of the English and the eel
Traditional tastes — Photojournalist Stuart Freedman’s forthcoming book documents an elusive aspect of English identity.
Written by: Michael Fordham
What does Trump’s victory mean for sex-positive women?
A new sexual counter-revolution — In the wake of Trump’s victory, we’re reaching out to artists, activists and countercultural figures - the people Huck was born to celebrate - for their original and thought-provoking takes on what it means for America, for them and for all of us. After a campaign dogged by misogyny and allegations of sexual assault, we spoke to feminist porn producer and Math Magazine editor MacKenzie Peck about the devastating impact a Trump presidency could have for women.
Written by: Alex King
Do Valley Girls still exist?
Like, whatever... — What’s up with that whole Valley Girl shtick? Was Clueless for real? Huck grabs a frappé at Topanga Mall and finds that stereotypes are, like, so passé.
Written by: Mike Fordham
Video: Communicating with aliens in the former Yugoslavia
Nostalgia and reality collide in the Balkans — An old Serbian man has discovered how to use crumbling Tito-era monuments to speak to a parallel world.
Written by: Alex King
The young Jewish campaigners calling time on the Israeli occupation of Palestine
Reimagining my Jewish identity — For young Jewish people growing up around the world, the relationship between Judaism and Israel is becoming increasingly hard to navigate. Oriel Eisner is one of the organisers of the Centre for Jewish Nonviolence’s “Occupation is Not Our Judaism” summer campaign. Here he discusses how his relationship to Israel/Palestine has changed over the years and why he believes the “Occupation is Not Our Judaism” campaign is so important.
Written by: Oriel Eisner