Photography
Stories from a world in flux: our best deep-dives of 2020
Always moving — From in-depth essays to on-the-ground reporting in communities stretched across the globe, here are the pieces we’re most proud of this year.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Our favourite photography stories of 2020
Picks of the bunch — In a challenging year, visual storytellers are still finding exciting ways to document – be it through innovative new projects, or old archive series now seeing the light of day. Here are the best ones we covered this year.
Written by: HUCK HQ
The great American road trip, from a Black perspective
A Parallel Road — Photographer Amani Willett discusses his new book exploring the Black experience of driving in America over the past 85 years, and how these adventures in self-discovery have long been underpinned by fear and violence.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Potent photos of racially segregated proms in Georgia
Picturing race — Photographer Gillian Laub remembers the 12 years she spent documenting deep-seated racial tensions in the American South and how she eventually brought change to the community through her images.
Written by: Miss Rosen
The rebel photographer who shot life behind the Berlin Wall
Fight the power — During the ’70s and ’80s, Harald Hauswald shot from the hip, secretly documenting life in East Germany – and making powerful enemies in the process.
Written by: Harald Hauswald
A taxi driver's gritty shots of New York in the '70s
Through the windshield — In the 1970s and '80s, Joseph Rodriguez worked as a cab driver while studying photography in NYC, where he captured an unflinching portrait of the city.
Written by: Zach Sokol
A searing elegy on war in Iraq and Afghanistan
Attention servicemember — From 2003 to 2008, Ben Brody worked as a combat photographer in Iraq, capturing both the immense brutality and unseen, candid moments that defined the war.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Teenage climate activists on speaking truth to power
Rise up — A new portrait project from photographer Harry Rose sees young UK activists revealing what they’d say to ruling figures given the chance – and how they’d stress the severity of the climate emergency.
Written by: Huck (intro)
Enigmatic photos of growing up in Buenos Aires
Meet Guille and Belinda — In a new book, photographer Alessandra Sanguinetti chronicles the everyday lives of her cousins as they navigate the transition from adolescence to adulthood in rural Argentina.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Idyllic photos of the Welsh Valleys in the ’70s
A different country — In the 1970s, photographer Robin Weaver set out to capture close-knit communities in a deprived area of Wales, to celebrate optimism amid economic strife.
Written by: Callum Bains