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Est. in 1977: Side is dedicated to lens-based documentary. We are home to the UNESCO-listed AmberSide collection, showcasing film and documentary photography on working-class life from the North East and beyond.
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✨ Karen Robinson’s "All Dressed Up", 2004-2005, follows teenage girls in East Durham as they get ready, go out and mark their own milestones. Because this time of year is full of its own parties & getting-ready rituals, we’re inviting you to share how you celebrate: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
December 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
✨ Karen Robinson’s "All Dressed Up", 2004-2005, follows teenage girls in East Durham as they get ready, go out and mark their own milestones. Because this time of year is full of its own parties & getting-ready rituals, we’re inviting you to share how you celebrate: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
📢 InSide meets again on Mon 12 Jan, 6–8pm at the Coffee Rooms (2nd floor), Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle. Six photographers will share work in the first hour, followed by open discussion and time to connect.
Let us know you’re coming: forms.gle/1PXDuXZcApuQ...
Let us know you’re coming: forms.gle/1PXDuXZcApuQ...
December 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
📢 InSide meets again on Mon 12 Jan, 6–8pm at the Coffee Rooms (2nd floor), Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle. Six photographers will share work in the first hour, followed by open discussion and time to connect.
Let us know you’re coming: forms.gle/1PXDuXZcApuQ...
Let us know you’re coming: forms.gle/1PXDuXZcApuQ...
👑 Did you know the AmberSide Collection holds work from around the world, including Diane Arbus? This 1970 photograph shows a senior citizens’ dance where two strangers were crowned King and Queen for the night.
© The Estate of Diane Arbus
© The Estate of Diane Arbus
December 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
👑 Did you know the AmberSide Collection holds work from around the world, including Diane Arbus? This 1970 photograph shows a senior citizens’ dance where two strangers were crowned King and Queen for the night.
© The Estate of Diane Arbus
© The Estate of Diane Arbus
🌍 New on the blog: "MySide: Views from Around the World".
A look at life from the likes of Ireland, Brazil, Cyprus, China, Iran and the North Sea.
See more images and read the stories behind them here: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/myside-views-from-around-the-world
A look at life from the likes of Ireland, Brazil, Cyprus, China, Iran and the North Sea.
See more images and read the stories behind them here: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/myside-views-from-around-the-world
December 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🌍 New on the blog: "MySide: Views from Around the World".
A look at life from the likes of Ireland, Brazil, Cyprus, China, Iran and the North Sea.
See more images and read the stories behind them here: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/myside-views-from-around-the-world
A look at life from the likes of Ireland, Brazil, Cyprus, China, Iran and the North Sea.
See more images and read the stories behind them here: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/myside-views-from-around-the-world
🎉 Christmas is here and we're celebrating with an image of recognisable festive domesticity from the AmberSide Collection.
See more Christmas scenes from the North East, across the UK and overseas on our blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Peter Fryer
See more Christmas scenes from the North East, across the UK and overseas on our blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Peter Fryer
December 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🎉 Christmas is here and we're celebrating with an image of recognisable festive domesticity from the AmberSide Collection.
See more Christmas scenes from the North East, across the UK and overseas on our blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Peter Fryer
See more Christmas scenes from the North East, across the UK and overseas on our blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Peter Fryer
🎄Another non-traditional Xmas image from the AmberSide Collection. Today it's "Christmas Eve, Hepworths the Tailors, Ashington" reminding us that for many the holiday is not always a break from work.
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸©Mik Critchlow
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸©Mik Critchlow
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🎄Another non-traditional Xmas image from the AmberSide Collection. Today it's "Christmas Eve, Hepworths the Tailors, Ashington" reminding us that for many the holiday is not always a break from work.
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸©Mik Critchlow
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸©Mik Critchlow
❄️ Today we're sharing at a Christmas that doesn't look like you'd expect from the AmberSide Collection, with this scene from 1936 by Russell Lee.
See more Xmas images on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Russell Lee | US Library of Congress
See more Xmas images on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Russell Lee | US Library of Congress
December 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
❄️ Today we're sharing at a Christmas that doesn't look like you'd expect from the AmberSide Collection, with this scene from 1936 by Russell Lee.
See more Xmas images on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Russell Lee | US Library of Congress
See more Xmas images on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Russell Lee | US Library of Congress
🎄Christmas is almost here! This holiday season we're sharing Xmas images from the AmberSide Collection, with scenes from the North East, across the UK and overseas.
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©John Rigby
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©John Rigby
December 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🎄Christmas is almost here! This holiday season we're sharing Xmas images from the AmberSide Collection, with scenes from the North East, across the UK and overseas.
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©John Rigby
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©John Rigby
☃️ We're continuing our countdown to Christmas, as it draws closer, we're sharing Xmas images from the AmberSide Collection, with scenes from the North East, across the UK and overseas.
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Paul Trevor
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Paul Trevor
December 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
☃️ We're continuing our countdown to Christmas, as it draws closer, we're sharing Xmas images from the AmberSide Collection, with scenes from the North East, across the UK and overseas.
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Paul Trevor
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Paul Trevor
🎅 The countdown to Christmas is on. As it draws closer, we're sharing Xmas images from the AmberSide Collection, with scenes from the North East, across the UK and overseas.
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Jimmy Forsyth | North East Museums
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Jimmy Forsyth | North East Museums
December 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🎅 The countdown to Christmas is on. As it draws closer, we're sharing Xmas images from the AmberSide Collection, with scenes from the North East, across the UK and overseas.
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Jimmy Forsyth | North East Museums
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Jimmy Forsyth | North East Museums
As the year is coming to a close, we’re sharing a letter from our Managing Director, Laura Laffler, about where Side is heading and how the National Lottery Heritage Fund supported “Transforming Amber” has helped shape that future.
Full letter: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/a-year-...
Full letter: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/a-year-...
December 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
As the year is coming to a close, we’re sharing a letter from our Managing Director, Laura Laffler, about where Side is heading and how the National Lottery Heritage Fund supported “Transforming Amber” has helped shape that future.
Full letter: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/a-year-...
Full letter: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/a-year-...
📢 Last chance to see "Amber: Documenting Place" at the Farrell Centre as it closes on 19 Dec! Showcasing prints and films from the AmberSide Collection on how people shape place in the North East. Open Wed–Fri, 1–4pm.
📸 Metrocentre, 1989 ©Peter Fryer
🔗 More info: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
📸 Metrocentre, 1989 ©Peter Fryer
🔗 More info: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
December 14, 2025 at 9:08 AM
📢 Last chance to see "Amber: Documenting Place" at the Farrell Centre as it closes on 19 Dec! Showcasing prints and films from the AmberSide Collection on how people shape place in the North East. Open Wed–Fri, 1–4pm.
📸 Metrocentre, 1989 ©Peter Fryer
🔗 More info: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
📸 Metrocentre, 1989 ©Peter Fryer
🔗 More info: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
🌫 New on the Side blog - "In Focus: Every Breath They Take", a deep-dive into Keith Pattison's photo series on Hebburn Residents’ Action Group in the late 1980s, as they protested Monkton cokeworks. A close look at community action for clean air.
Read: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/in-f...
Read: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/in-f...
December 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🌫 New on the Side blog - "In Focus: Every Breath They Take", a deep-dive into Keith Pattison's photo series on Hebburn Residents’ Action Group in the late 1980s, as they protested Monkton cokeworks. A close look at community action for clean air.
Read: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/in-f...
Read: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/in-f...
🎄 Still looking for the perfect Xmas gift? There's still time to purchase from our Vintage Poster Sale! Order from Side on or before 15th December for your order to be processed before we close for the holiday.
🛍️ shop.amber-online.com/colle...
🛍️ shop.amber-online.com/colle...
December 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🎄 Still looking for the perfect Xmas gift? There's still time to purchase from our Vintage Poster Sale! Order from Side on or before 15th December for your order to be processed before we close for the holiday.
🛍️ shop.amber-online.com/colle...
🛍️ shop.amber-online.com/colle...
🎄 Nancy Honey: "Bramber Green, London 1993"
Taken at a Xmas party at an elderly day centre in London while Honey researched older Londoners for the project "Old Enough to Know Better" (1994).
Edition of 50 at £50 in our 50x50 fundraiser for AmberSide Trust.
🛍️ shop.amber-online.com/produ...
Taken at a Xmas party at an elderly day centre in London while Honey researched older Londoners for the project "Old Enough to Know Better" (1994).
Edition of 50 at £50 in our 50x50 fundraiser for AmberSide Trust.
🛍️ shop.amber-online.com/produ...
December 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🎄 Nancy Honey: "Bramber Green, London 1993"
Taken at a Xmas party at an elderly day centre in London while Honey researched older Londoners for the project "Old Enough to Know Better" (1994).
Edition of 50 at £50 in our 50x50 fundraiser for AmberSide Trust.
🛍️ shop.amber-online.com/produ...
Taken at a Xmas party at an elderly day centre in London while Honey researched older Londoners for the project "Old Enough to Know Better" (1994).
Edition of 50 at £50 in our 50x50 fundraiser for AmberSide Trust.
🛍️ shop.amber-online.com/produ...
⚫️⚪️ On 9 December 1892, Newcastle East End agreed on a name change to become Newcastle United, choosing a name that spoke to the whole city. We're marking the date by resharing our blog on Seen.By.Zine’s special issue celebrating the Toon.
📰 sidegallery.co.uk/blog/nort...
📰 sidegallery.co.uk/blog/nort...
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
⚫️⚪️ On 9 December 1892, Newcastle East End agreed on a name change to become Newcastle United, choosing a name that spoke to the whole city. We're marking the date by resharing our blog on Seen.By.Zine’s special issue celebrating the Toon.
📰 sidegallery.co.uk/blog/nort...
📰 sidegallery.co.uk/blog/nort...
All of us at Side are saddened to hear of Martin Parr’s passing. He’s been one of the most recognisable voices in British photography for decades, and his loss will be felt across the field.
📸 The Non-Conformists: Halifax Rugby League Club Ground, Yorkshire, 1977 ©Martin Parr/Magnum Photos
📸 The Non-Conformists: Halifax Rugby League Club Ground, Yorkshire, 1977 ©Martin Parr/Magnum Photos
December 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
All of us at Side are saddened to hear of Martin Parr’s passing. He’s been one of the most recognisable voices in British photography for decades, and his loss will be felt across the field.
📸 The Non-Conformists: Halifax Rugby League Club Ground, Yorkshire, 1977 ©Martin Parr/Magnum Photos
📸 The Non-Conformists: Halifax Rugby League Club Ground, Yorkshire, 1977 ©Martin Parr/Magnum Photos
🎄 Looking back at Blackpool Illuminations, 1972.
Giant Santa, smiling lollies, kids around a blazing bonfire, clowns, and dragons on the prom. Where lights meet folk art.
👀 See more: sidegallery.co.uk/visual-cu...
Giant Santa, smiling lollies, kids around a blazing bonfire, clowns, and dragons on the prom. Where lights meet folk art.
👀 See more: sidegallery.co.uk/visual-cu...
December 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🎄 Looking back at Blackpool Illuminations, 1972.
Giant Santa, smiling lollies, kids around a blazing bonfire, clowns, and dragons on the prom. Where lights meet folk art.
👀 See more: sidegallery.co.uk/visual-cu...
Giant Santa, smiling lollies, kids around a blazing bonfire, clowns, and dragons on the prom. Where lights meet folk art.
👀 See more: sidegallery.co.uk/visual-cu...
🎥 Last chance to see "Miners’ Weekend School" hosted by Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival - Closing 13 Dec.
The six part series follows political education and organising during the Miners’ Strike. Open Saturdays, 12 to 4pm, free to all.
🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
The six part series follows political education and organising during the Miners’ Strike. Open Saturdays, 12 to 4pm, free to all.
🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🎥 Last chance to see "Miners’ Weekend School" hosted by Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival - Closing 13 Dec.
The six part series follows political education and organising during the Miners’ Strike. Open Saturdays, 12 to 4pm, free to all.
🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
The six part series follows political education and organising during the Miners’ Strike. Open Saturdays, 12 to 4pm, free to all.
🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
🎁 Our Vintage Poster Sale is live. Over 50 original posters from Side’s archive, and 25% off when you buy two or more.
Holiday posting: orders before end of 15 Dec will be processed before we close for Christmas. Later orders ship from Side in the new year.
Shop: shop.amber-online.com/colle...
Holiday posting: orders before end of 15 Dec will be processed before we close for Christmas. Later orders ship from Side in the new year.
Shop: shop.amber-online.com/colle...
December 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🎁 Our Vintage Poster Sale is live. Over 50 original posters from Side’s archive, and 25% off when you buy two or more.
Holiday posting: orders before end of 15 Dec will be processed before we close for Christmas. Later orders ship from Side in the new year.
Shop: shop.amber-online.com/colle...
Holiday posting: orders before end of 15 Dec will be processed before we close for Christmas. Later orders ship from Side in the new year.
Shop: shop.amber-online.com/colle...
💙 Today is Giving Tuesday
Side and the AmberSide Trust care for an archive that holds working lives, stories and voices from the North East and beyond. It exists because people choose to support it. Thanks for standing with us. Donate: www.justgiving.com/charity/...
Side and the AmberSide Trust care for an archive that holds working lives, stories and voices from the North East and beyond. It exists because people choose to support it. Thanks for standing with us. Donate: www.justgiving.com/charity/...
December 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
💙 Today is Giving Tuesday
Side and the AmberSide Trust care for an archive that holds working lives, stories and voices from the North East and beyond. It exists because people choose to support it. Thanks for standing with us. Donate: www.justgiving.com/charity/...
Side and the AmberSide Trust care for an archive that holds working lives, stories and voices from the North East and beyond. It exists because people choose to support it. Thanks for standing with us. Donate: www.justgiving.com/charity/...
🎞 See Amber Films’ In Fading Light at Baltic Cinema on 10 December, 2 to 3.45pm. Made in North Shields with local crews, it captures a community in transition. The screening begins with an introduction from producer and researcher Andy Robson.
Tickets: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
Tickets: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
November 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🎞 See Amber Films’ In Fading Light at Baltic Cinema on 10 December, 2 to 3.45pm. Made in North Shields with local crews, it captures a community in transition. The screening begins with an introduction from producer and researcher Andy Robson.
Tickets: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
Tickets: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
📷 Are you a street photographer looking to meet others?
North East Street Photography Festival are hosting a free Christmas Market photowalk in Newcastle on Sun 7 Dec, 3 to 5pm. Meet outside Socíété café. Free to all. 🎄
North East Street Photography Festival are hosting a free Christmas Market photowalk in Newcastle on Sun 7 Dec, 3 to 5pm. Meet outside Socíété café. Free to all. 🎄
November 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
📷 Are you a street photographer looking to meet others?
North East Street Photography Festival are hosting a free Christmas Market photowalk in Newcastle on Sun 7 Dec, 3 to 5pm. Meet outside Socíété café. Free to all. 🎄
North East Street Photography Festival are hosting a free Christmas Market photowalk in Newcastle on Sun 7 Dec, 3 to 5pm. Meet outside Socíété café. Free to all. 🎄
🦃 Wishing our US followers a happy Thanksgiving!
Russell Lee photographed this scene in 1946. A family sat before supper, it is a reminder of the importance of connecting and eating together.
Submit your image of a family ritual to "MySide: Ways We Celebrate" → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
Russell Lee photographed this scene in 1946. A family sat before supper, it is a reminder of the importance of connecting and eating together.
Submit your image of a family ritual to "MySide: Ways We Celebrate" → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🦃 Wishing our US followers a happy Thanksgiving!
Russell Lee photographed this scene in 1946. A family sat before supper, it is a reminder of the importance of connecting and eating together.
Submit your image of a family ritual to "MySide: Ways We Celebrate" → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
Russell Lee photographed this scene in 1946. A family sat before supper, it is a reminder of the importance of connecting and eating together.
Submit your image of a family ritual to "MySide: Ways We Celebrate" → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
🔥 MySide: Michelle Webster, Feed the Flame, 2025
Community bonfires have long been part of the Wirral. New approval rules changed how events ran this year, and Webster photographed Woodchurch on the night theirs went ahead.
Submit to MySide: Ways We Celebrate - sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
Community bonfires have long been part of the Wirral. New approval rules changed how events ran this year, and Webster photographed Woodchurch on the night theirs went ahead.
Submit to MySide: Ways We Celebrate - sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
November 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🔥 MySide: Michelle Webster, Feed the Flame, 2025
Community bonfires have long been part of the Wirral. New approval rules changed how events ran this year, and Webster photographed Woodchurch on the night theirs went ahead.
Submit to MySide: Ways We Celebrate - sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
Community bonfires have long been part of the Wirral. New approval rules changed how events ran this year, and Webster photographed Woodchurch on the night theirs went ahead.
Submit to MySide: Ways We Celebrate - sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...