Andrea Kurland
Britain needs safe and legal routes to asylum now
It’s time to act — A teenage boy has died after trying to cross the Channel. If the UK’s toxic asylum policy remains, he won’t be the last.
Written by: Mary Atkinson
Getting deep with Ian MacKaye, the godfather of DIY culture
Lockdown Longread — The former Fugazi and Minor Threat frontman and Dischord Records owner talks self-preservation, digital obsession and finding your life tree trunk.
Written by: Andrea Kurland
Always moving: a whirlwind week with Mark Gonzales
The Lockdown Longread — Mark Gonzales and The Gonz are two sides of the same fable. There is the man and the myth, the artist and the skateboarder. And then there’s the enigma that somehow binds it all.
Written by: Andrea Kurland
A photographer's intimate portraits of a family in flux
Loving and leaving — Matt Eich exposes moments that may mean nothing here and now but, in the end, will be the only thing that ever mattered.
Written by: Andrea Kurland
Naomi Klein's guide to resisting power
It's time to take a leap — Tragedies can be a gateway for radical neoliberal agendas, says award-winning writer Naomi Klein, and that’s why we need to knuckle down and get real about the future.
Written by: Andrea Kurland
Naomi Klein says Grenfell Tower is "lovelessness in public"
A tragedy of fake facades — Cult writer Naomi Klein has been debunking neoliberalism's gilded promise since the 1990s. Grenfell Tower, she says, is yet another tragic reminder that beyond the golden surface lies a rotten core.
Written by: Andrea Kurland
A young mother commutes from Mexico to the US
Huck Film: Mitad Y Mitad — Karla Nutter commutes every day from Juárez, Mexico to El Paso, Texas, straddling a line that her husband is barred from crossing. Her story is shared in Mitad Y Mitad (Half and Half), an original Huck film.
Written by: Andrea Kurland
Photographer Clint Woodside on the life-changing power of zines
Deadbeat Club: Zineophobia — To celebrate Zineophobia - the first UK show from Californian collective Deadbeat Club - we’re sitting down with all six photographers and breaking down what makes them tick. Next in line is Clint Woodside: film photographer, Deadbeat Club founder and the only East Coaster in the pack.
Written by: Andrea Kurland
Dear young photographer: 'Shoot a lot of pictures. Be a doer, not a chatter.'
Advice from Magnum’s David Hurn — Magnum photographer David Hurn has spent 60+ years swapping prints with some of the finest photographers to ever live. And each one came with its very own lesson.
Written by: Andrea Kurland
Ed Templeton’s tips for overcoming fear as a self-taught photographer
Deadbeat Club: Zineophobia — To celebrate Zineophobia - the first UK show from Californian collective Deadbeat Club - we’re sitting down with all six photographers and breaking down what makes them tick. First in line is Ed Templeton: artist, photographer, Toy Machine founder, and the man who shoots Huntington Beach close to 365 days a year.
Written by: Andrea Kurland
The war photographer who reinvented himself off-the-grid
Processing trauma — Rafal Gerszak had to witness war in order to document history, but it almost cost him his life. Out in the wild of Canada’s north, he found his way back from the brink.
Written by: Andrea Kurland
Snapshots of the Rainbow Nation before and after Apartheid fell
Now and Then — Photographer Graeme Williams creates a thread between the present and past in Mandela's South Africa.
Written by: Andrea Kurland