Side
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Est. in 1977 on Newcastle’s Quayside: Side is home to Side Gallery, Side Cinema and the UNESCO-listed AmberSide collection, showcasing film and documentary photography on working-class life from the North East and beyond.
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⏰ REMINDER ⏰
📷 Street Photography: In Conversation with Side
Join us Mon 24 Nov, 5.30–7pm at Side for an open discussion on the role of street photography in documentary - from the AmberSide Collection and beyond.
🎟 RSVP → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
📷 Street Photography: In Conversation with Side
Join us Mon 24 Nov, 5.30–7pm at Side for an open discussion on the role of street photography in documentary - from the AmberSide Collection and beyond.
🎟 RSVP → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
November 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
⏰ REMINDER ⏰
📷 Street Photography: In Conversation with Side
Join us Mon 24 Nov, 5.30–7pm at Side for an open discussion on the role of street photography in documentary - from the AmberSide Collection and beyond.
🎟 RSVP → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
📷 Street Photography: In Conversation with Side
Join us Mon 24 Nov, 5.30–7pm at Side for an open discussion on the role of street photography in documentary - from the AmberSide Collection and beyond.
🎟 RSVP → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
👑 Peter Bialobrzeski’s "Give My Regards to Elizabeth" was made in the early 1990s as he travelled through a UK marked by recession and sharp social contrasts. Capturing a national mood that, in the run up to the Autumn budget, still feels close today.
🔗 See more: sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
🔗 See more: sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
👑 Peter Bialobrzeski’s "Give My Regards to Elizabeth" was made in the early 1990s as he travelled through a UK marked by recession and sharp social contrasts. Capturing a national mood that, in the run up to the Autumn budget, still feels close today.
🔗 See more: sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
🔗 See more: sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
📺 It is World TV Day, created to recognise its role in sharing news. As TV became a main way people received information it also became part of the home - something captured in many documentary projects.
📸 © Exit Photography Group: Paul Trevor, Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele Perkins.
📸 © Exit Photography Group: Paul Trevor, Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele Perkins.
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
📺 It is World TV Day, created to recognise its role in sharing news. As TV became a main way people received information it also became part of the home - something captured in many documentary projects.
📸 © Exit Photography Group: Paul Trevor, Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele Perkins.
📸 © Exit Photography Group: Paul Trevor, Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele Perkins.
☔ Classic British weather ☔
It’s not winter yet, but it definitely feels like it. This photograph from 1949 is a reminder that the routine is timeless: rain, puddles, umbrella, carry on.
📷 Rain in Trafalgar Square, 1949 © Harry Morrison
🔗Harry Morrison Collection: sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
It’s not winter yet, but it definitely feels like it. This photograph from 1949 is a reminder that the routine is timeless: rain, puddles, umbrella, carry on.
📷 Rain in Trafalgar Square, 1949 © Harry Morrison
🔗Harry Morrison Collection: sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
☔ Classic British weather ☔
It’s not winter yet, but it definitely feels like it. This photograph from 1949 is a reminder that the routine is timeless: rain, puddles, umbrella, carry on.
📷 Rain in Trafalgar Square, 1949 © Harry Morrison
🔗Harry Morrison Collection: sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
It’s not winter yet, but it definitely feels like it. This photograph from 1949 is a reminder that the routine is timeless: rain, puddles, umbrella, carry on.
📷 Rain in Trafalgar Square, 1949 © Harry Morrison
🔗Harry Morrison Collection: sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
🎂 Born on this day in 1876, August Sander’s portraits of workers, families and artists remain central to the story of documentary photography. His work is an important part of the AmberSide Collection’s international works.
🔗 Explore the full collection: sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
🔗 Explore the full collection: sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🎂 Born on this day in 1876, August Sander’s portraits of workers, families and artists remain central to the story of documentary photography. His work is an important part of the AmberSide Collection’s international works.
🔗 Explore the full collection: sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
🔗 Explore the full collection: sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
🎁 This holiday season we’re opening the archives. Buy two or more original Side posters and get 25% off your poster order. Choose from over 50 designs from past exhibitions, films and campaigns, each a piece of documentary history.
🔗 shop.amber-online.com/colle...
🔗 shop.amber-online.com/colle...
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🎁 This holiday season we’re opening the archives. Buy two or more original Side posters and get 25% off your poster order. Choose from over 50 designs from past exhibitions, films and campaigns, each a piece of documentary history.
🔗 shop.amber-online.com/colle...
🔗 shop.amber-online.com/colle...
⏰REMINDER! The First InSide meet-up is happening Mon 17 Nov, 6–8pm at Side Gallery, Newcastle.
A new space to connect, share work and shape a documentary photography community. Hosted by Side. Powered by you.
🔗 RSVP → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
A new space to connect, share work and shape a documentary photography community. Hosted by Side. Powered by you.
🔗 RSVP → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
November 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
⏰REMINDER! The First InSide meet-up is happening Mon 17 Nov, 6–8pm at Side Gallery, Newcastle.
A new space to connect, share work and shape a documentary photography community. Hosted by Side. Powered by you.
🔗 RSVP → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
A new space to connect, share work and shape a documentary photography community. Hosted by Side. Powered by you.
🔗 RSVP → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
🏳️⚧️ It is Trans Awareness Week, a time to stand with the trans community.
To mark it we’re re-sharing our interview with Phyllis Christopher about her project "Body in Peril", that reflects trans and queer resilience, care and visibility.
📰 sidegallery.co.uk/blog/mysi...
To mark it we’re re-sharing our interview with Phyllis Christopher about her project "Body in Peril", that reflects trans and queer resilience, care and visibility.
📰 sidegallery.co.uk/blog/mysi...
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🏳️⚧️ It is Trans Awareness Week, a time to stand with the trans community.
To mark it we’re re-sharing our interview with Phyllis Christopher about her project "Body in Peril", that reflects trans and queer resilience, care and visibility.
📰 sidegallery.co.uk/blog/mysi...
To mark it we’re re-sharing our interview with Phyllis Christopher about her project "Body in Peril", that reflects trans and queer resilience, care and visibility.
📰 sidegallery.co.uk/blog/mysi...
🎉 Ways We Celebrate - Open Call
Martín Chambi’s Gadea Wedding, Cuzco, 1930 shows a family marking a moment they want to last.
Share how you celebrate today and what those moments mean to you.
Submit to MySide: Ways We Celebrate: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
Martín Chambi’s Gadea Wedding, Cuzco, 1930 shows a family marking a moment they want to last.
Share how you celebrate today and what those moments mean to you.
Submit to MySide: Ways We Celebrate: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🎉 Ways We Celebrate - Open Call
Martín Chambi’s Gadea Wedding, Cuzco, 1930 shows a family marking a moment they want to last.
Share how you celebrate today and what those moments mean to you.
Submit to MySide: Ways We Celebrate: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
Martín Chambi’s Gadea Wedding, Cuzco, 1930 shows a family marking a moment they want to last.
Share how you celebrate today and what those moments mean to you.
Submit to MySide: Ways We Celebrate: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
📷 Street Photography: In Conversation with Side
Join us Mon 24 Nov, 5.30–7pm at Side for an open discussion on the role of street photography in documentary - from the AmberSide Collection and beyond.
🎟 RSVP → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
📸 T Dan Smith Slide, 1963 © AmberSide Collection
Join us Mon 24 Nov, 5.30–7pm at Side for an open discussion on the role of street photography in documentary - from the AmberSide Collection and beyond.
🎟 RSVP → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
📸 T Dan Smith Slide, 1963 © AmberSide Collection
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 AM
📷 Street Photography: In Conversation with Side
Join us Mon 24 Nov, 5.30–7pm at Side for an open discussion on the role of street photography in documentary - from the AmberSide Collection and beyond.
🎟 RSVP → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
📸 T Dan Smith Slide, 1963 © AmberSide Collection
Join us Mon 24 Nov, 5.30–7pm at Side for an open discussion on the role of street photography in documentary - from the AmberSide Collection and beyond.
🎟 RSVP → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
📸 T Dan Smith Slide, 1963 © AmberSide Collection
📸 Remembrance - War Memorial, New York, North Tyneside
Year 5 pupils turned their cameras on their own village, photographing the war memorial beside the old Wheatsheaf Pub and the textures of its rebuilt stone. A study of place, memory and how the past remains part of the present.
Year 5 pupils turned their cameras on their own village, photographing the war memorial beside the old Wheatsheaf Pub and the textures of its rebuilt stone. A study of place, memory and how the past remains part of the present.
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
📸 Remembrance - War Memorial, New York, North Tyneside
Year 5 pupils turned their cameras on their own village, photographing the war memorial beside the old Wheatsheaf Pub and the textures of its rebuilt stone. A study of place, memory and how the past remains part of the present.
Year 5 pupils turned their cameras on their own village, photographing the war memorial beside the old Wheatsheaf Pub and the textures of its rebuilt stone. A study of place, memory and how the past remains part of the present.
🕯️Remembrance Sunday
In commemoration we are sharing more images from our North Shields Studio Portraits collection, photographs likely made as keepsakes in WWII. If you recognise a face or know a connection, please get in touch: [email protected].
🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
In commemoration we are sharing more images from our North Shields Studio Portraits collection, photographs likely made as keepsakes in WWII. If you recognise a face or know a connection, please get in touch: [email protected].
🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🕯️Remembrance Sunday
In commemoration we are sharing more images from our North Shields Studio Portraits collection, photographs likely made as keepsakes in WWII. If you recognise a face or know a connection, please get in touch: [email protected].
🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
In commemoration we are sharing more images from our North Shields Studio Portraits collection, photographs likely made as keepsakes in WWII. If you recognise a face or know a connection, please get in touch: [email protected].
🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
🗓 72% of you voted for it - so it’s official! The first InSide meet-up is happening Mon 17 Nov, 6–8pm at Side Gallery, Newcastle.
A new space to connect, share work and shape a documentary photography community. Hosted by Side. Powered by you.
🔗 RSVP → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
A new space to connect, share work and shape a documentary photography community. Hosted by Side. Powered by you.
🔗 RSVP → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🗓 72% of you voted for it - so it’s official! The first InSide meet-up is happening Mon 17 Nov, 6–8pm at Side Gallery, Newcastle.
A new space to connect, share work and shape a documentary photography community. Hosted by Side. Powered by you.
🔗 RSVP → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
A new space to connect, share work and shape a documentary photography community. Hosted by Side. Powered by you.
🔗 RSVP → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
🗞 Looking back: The Winter of Discontent, 1978–79
This photograph by Richard Grassick, from his NUPE series, shows that moment up close. Today, it still feels familiar: questions about work, rights and dignity remain as urgent as ever.
📸 NUPE, 1978–1993 © Richard Grassick
This photograph by Richard Grassick, from his NUPE series, shows that moment up close. Today, it still feels familiar: questions about work, rights and dignity remain as urgent as ever.
📸 NUPE, 1978–1993 © Richard Grassick
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 AM
🗞 Looking back: The Winter of Discontent, 1978–79
This photograph by Richard Grassick, from his NUPE series, shows that moment up close. Today, it still feels familiar: questions about work, rights and dignity remain as urgent as ever.
📸 NUPE, 1978–1993 © Richard Grassick
This photograph by Richard Grassick, from his NUPE series, shows that moment up close. Today, it still feels familiar: questions about work, rights and dignity remain as urgent as ever.
📸 NUPE, 1978–1993 © Richard Grassick
🎆 Remember, remember the 5th of November 🎆
Fireworks light up the night and bring back memories of the places and people that made us.
📸 Share what Bonfire Night looks like for you with #MySide: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
Image: Watching © Emma Eloise Smith, 2022
Fireworks light up the night and bring back memories of the places and people that made us.
📸 Share what Bonfire Night looks like for you with #MySide: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
Image: Watching © Emma Eloise Smith, 2022
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🎆 Remember, remember the 5th of November 🎆
Fireworks light up the night and bring back memories of the places and people that made us.
📸 Share what Bonfire Night looks like for you with #MySide: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
Image: Watching © Emma Eloise Smith, 2022
Fireworks light up the night and bring back memories of the places and people that made us.
📸 Share what Bonfire Night looks like for you with #MySide: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
Image: Watching © Emma Eloise Smith, 2022
🎥 Extended until 13 December
Due to popular demand, Miners’ Weekend School (1984) continues at The Burr of Berwick.
Amber Films’ six-part series captures a weekend of organising and self-education during the Miners’ Strike.
🔗 More info: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
Due to popular demand, Miners’ Weekend School (1984) continues at The Burr of Berwick.
Amber Films’ six-part series captures a weekend of organising and self-education during the Miners’ Strike.
🔗 More info: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🎥 Extended until 13 December
Due to popular demand, Miners’ Weekend School (1984) continues at The Burr of Berwick.
Amber Films’ six-part series captures a weekend of organising and self-education during the Miners’ Strike.
🔗 More info: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
Due to popular demand, Miners’ Weekend School (1984) continues at The Burr of Berwick.
Amber Films’ six-part series captures a weekend of organising and self-education during the Miners’ Strike.
🔗 More info: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
When LK Stow found her dad’s “boring work photos,” she uncovered the hidden story of the North Sea oil boom. In "Offshore Onshore", she reflects on his life offshore and how those years shaped her family and the coastline they called home.
📰 Read the full story: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/offs...
📰 Read the full story: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/offs...
November 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
When LK Stow found her dad’s “boring work photos,” she uncovered the hidden story of the North Sea oil boom. In "Offshore Onshore", she reflects on his life offshore and how those years shaped her family and the coastline they called home.
📰 Read the full story: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/offs...
📰 Read the full story: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/offs...
📌 Today we’re resharing our FAQs from Managing Director Laura Laffler. They’re the best place to find up-to-date information, directly from the Side team. More exciting news is on the way later this year!
📰 Read full FAQs here: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/freq...
📰 Read full FAQs here: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/freq...
October 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
📌 Today we’re resharing our FAQs from Managing Director Laura Laffler. They’re the best place to find up-to-date information, directly from the Side team. More exciting news is on the way later this year!
📰 Read full FAQs here: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/freq...
📰 Read full FAQs here: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/freq...
📣 InSide is coming soon! A new monthly meet-up for photographers and anyone working with documentary images. Hosted by Side, shaped by you.
Help us pick the first date and get involved! 📝 Take the short survey: tinyurl.com/66th9vzk
📷 © Estate of Mary Gillens
Help us pick the first date and get involved! 📝 Take the short survey: tinyurl.com/66th9vzk
📷 © Estate of Mary Gillens
October 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
📣 InSide is coming soon! A new monthly meet-up for photographers and anyone working with documentary images. Hosted by Side, shaped by you.
Help us pick the first date and get involved! 📝 Take the short survey: tinyurl.com/66th9vzk
📷 © Estate of Mary Gillens
Help us pick the first date and get involved! 📝 Take the short survey: tinyurl.com/66th9vzk
📷 © Estate of Mary Gillens
In the late 1970s, Amber didn’t just photograph Newcastle’s Quayside, they helped save it! For our blog, our Managing Director Laura Laffler revisits the story of how Amber fought to protect the city’s working riverfront from demolition.
📰 Read more → sidegallery.co.uk/blog/savi...
📰 Read more → sidegallery.co.uk/blog/savi...
October 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
In the late 1970s, Amber didn’t just photograph Newcastle’s Quayside, they helped save it! For our blog, our Managing Director Laura Laffler revisits the story of how Amber fought to protect the city’s working riverfront from demolition.
📰 Read more → sidegallery.co.uk/blog/savi...
📰 Read more → sidegallery.co.uk/blog/savi...
🌊 New on the Side blog: an interview with photographer Peter Caton on Unyielding Floods, his long-term project documenting four years of continuous flooding in South Sudan. He speaks trust and the role of local voices in telling this story.
📖 Read → sidegallery.co.uk/blog/pete...
📸 ©Peter Caton
📖 Read → sidegallery.co.uk/blog/pete...
📸 ©Peter Caton
October 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🌊 New on the Side blog: an interview with photographer Peter Caton on Unyielding Floods, his long-term project documenting four years of continuous flooding in South Sudan. He speaks trust and the role of local voices in telling this story.
📖 Read → sidegallery.co.uk/blog/pete...
📸 ©Peter Caton
📖 Read → sidegallery.co.uk/blog/pete...
📸 ©Peter Caton
🕰️ On this day in 1835, Grainger Market opened to the people of Newcastle. It has been an essential part of our city ever since.
"Six to Midnight" (Amber Films, 1974), captures a day in the life of the market, full of noise, and character.
📽️ Watch → sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
"Six to Midnight" (Amber Films, 1974), captures a day in the life of the market, full of noise, and character.
📽️ Watch → sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
Six to Midnight (1974)
A day in the life of Newcastle upon Tyne, with the Grainger Market at its heart. Commissioned by Newcastle City Council to showcase activity in the city during the 1970s.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🕰️ On this day in 1835, Grainger Market opened to the people of Newcastle. It has been an essential part of our city ever since.
"Six to Midnight" (Amber Films, 1974), captures a day in the life of the market, full of noise, and character.
📽️ Watch → sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
"Six to Midnight" (Amber Films, 1974), captures a day in the life of the market, full of noise, and character.
📽️ Watch → sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
🛍️ Thirty-nine years ago this month, the Metrocentre opened in Gateshead.
Between 1986 and 1989, Peter Fryer photographed its rise as part of "Coke to Coke", capturing the shift from labour to leisure.
See the full collection → sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
Between 1986 and 1989, Peter Fryer photographed its rise as part of "Coke to Coke", capturing the shift from labour to leisure.
See the full collection → sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
🛍️ Thirty-nine years ago this month, the Metrocentre opened in Gateshead.
Between 1986 and 1989, Peter Fryer photographed its rise as part of "Coke to Coke", capturing the shift from labour to leisure.
See the full collection → sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
Between 1986 and 1989, Peter Fryer photographed its rise as part of "Coke to Coke", capturing the shift from labour to leisure.
See the full collection → sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
🛼 "Roller Skating, Paper Delivery Girls Anita and Emma, 1988" by Bill Stephenson.
Offered as part of our 50x50 fundraising campaign, with all profits supporting the AmberSide Trust and our work to keep documentary photography public and accessible.
🖼️ shop.amber-online.com/produ...
Offered as part of our 50x50 fundraising campaign, with all profits supporting the AmberSide Trust and our work to keep documentary photography public and accessible.
🖼️ shop.amber-online.com/produ...
October 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🛼 "Roller Skating, Paper Delivery Girls Anita and Emma, 1988" by Bill Stephenson.
Offered as part of our 50x50 fundraising campaign, with all profits supporting the AmberSide Trust and our work to keep documentary photography public and accessible.
🖼️ shop.amber-online.com/produ...
Offered as part of our 50x50 fundraising campaign, with all profits supporting the AmberSide Trust and our work to keep documentary photography public and accessible.
🖼️ shop.amber-online.com/produ...
📖 "God’s Promises Mean Everything" by Mark Chapman follows seven years in the life of Derek, a homeless hostel resident in Teesside. Shot almost entirely in one room, it’s a portrait of trust, loss and endurance.
Publication now available on the Side Store: shop.amber-online.com/produ...
Publication now available on the Side Store: shop.amber-online.com/produ...
October 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
📖 "God’s Promises Mean Everything" by Mark Chapman follows seven years in the life of Derek, a homeless hostel resident in Teesside. Shot almost entirely in one room, it’s a portrait of trust, loss and endurance.
Publication now available on the Side Store: shop.amber-online.com/produ...
Publication now available on the Side Store: shop.amber-online.com/produ...