New York City
A skate zine that explores the suburbs of Staten Island
Mean Streets by Marco Hernandez — Photographer Marco Hernandez shares the characters and architecture that make up his corner of suburban Staten Island.
Written by: Shelley Jones
Countercultural historian Johan Kugelberg pens an alt. Thanksgiving message
A poem for Nowness — The founder of countercultural archive Boo Hooray thanks Killer Mike and 'everyday deli kindness' in his Ferguson-inspired Thanksgiving message.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Lensman of US counterculture Glen E. Friedman on how his Fugazi book came about
Snapshots of a generation — Ahead of the release of Glen E. Friedman's new book MY RULES, we look back over the origins of his story. The visual place where skateboarding, punk and hip hop collide. This story first appeared in Huck 8, 2007.
Written by: Jay Riggio
Jenkem Mag skate an abandoned mental asylum in New York
Hippie jumps in a hospital — An adventure into the past with two NYC skaters bored of the gentrified city.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Glen E. Friedman brings his US counterculture to London for first time in twenty years
A world as seen from within — The golden years of punk, hip hop and skateboarding.
Written by: HUCK HQ
The new wave of NYC skateboarding
The independent guys pushing boundaries in the big apple — Forget bright lights and hyper-smooth slo-mo; NYC edits capture the streets, plain and simple.
Written by: Oliver Pelling
Mary Ellen Mark
The Photo That Shaped Me — First up in The Photo That Shaped Me series, where photographers talk about an image that’s changed their life, is iconic street portraitist and documentarian Mary Ellen Mark.
Written by: Shelley Jones
Angela Boatwright
Suburban Youth Pop Quiz #6 — Photographer and filmmaker Angela Boatwright remembers liquor stores, Ozzy LPs and setting pizza restaurants on fire during her suburban youth.
Written by: Shelley Jones
Sandy Kim
Suburban Youth Pop Quiz #4 — Photographer and bad kid anthropologist Sandy Kim on the ghosts, pool halls and candy ravers of her suburban youth.
Written by: Shelley Jones
Big Ups
Great Escape: Field Notes — NYC four-piece Big Ups are about building their community, wherever they go.
Written by: Alex King