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Huck 74: The Action Issue

Out now! — In times like these, the act of making something happen for yourself has never felt more urgent. Our latest print instalment celebrates doing just that – spotlighting the people moving to transform their worlds for the better.

Written by: Huck

Photography

A gripping portrait of the LAPD in the 1990s

A kinder gentler cop — As a ride-along photographer with the LAPD, photographer Joseph Rodriguez captured first hand the work of one of America's most notorious police forces.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Art

Aaron Kai is riding high on a wave of creativity

Huck x adidas — Artist Aaron Kai is one of 200 creative people around the world collaborating with Adidas on their [FUTURECRAFT.LOOP] initiative. We met him in Los Angeles to find out why he believes art is the best response to the age of emergency.

Written by: Michael Fordham

Film

How one acid-fuelled road trip turned into a full-blown riot

A truly wild day — In the summer of 1986, 15-year-old Zach Sebastian set off on a journey to Zed Records – landing him right in the middle of one of surfing’s most infamous events in the process. Now, over 30 years later, he’s turning the experience into a film.

Written by: O. Stanley

Photography

A portrait of Los Angeles at the turn of the 1980s

Behind the glamour — In the exhibition Los Angeles Cibachromes, photographer John Humble peels back the city’s glitzy facade.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Photography

Surreal snapshots of everyday Los Angeles

Plastic fantastic — Street photographer Isaac Diggs captures a city at odds with itself, using a wide array of formats to explore the complex and layered nuances of LA life.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Photography

A photographic history of East LA in the 90s

Legends never die — In her visual archive, artist Guadalupe Rosales passes on the stories, traditions and history of Chicanx culture in the 1990s.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Art

An inside look at LA’s queer Chicano networks

True radicals — Fusing Mexican-American culture with a DIY punk spirit, the underground Chicano art scene of the late ’60s and early ’90s is finally celebrated a new exhibition.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Photography

A trip back in time to the dark heart of Los Angeles

The real film noir — A new book delves into the murky depths of LA’s past, exposing the city’s seedy underbelly through photography, magazine clippings and uncovered police reports.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Photography

Venice Beach: The last days of a bohemian paradise

Freaks, geeks and bodybuilders — When Dotan Saguy made the leap from business developer to street photographer, he immersed himself in California's world-famous tourist attraction: a real-life circus on the verge of being gentrified.

Written by: Cian Traynor

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