On Now
Postcode Explorers
A North Tyneside Residency
Education
New York, North Tyneside
01 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
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Still From In Fading Light, 1989 ©Amber Films UpcomingCinema Rediscovered: In Fading Light
Screening & Introductory Talk
Cinema
Watershed, Bristol
25 July 2025 -
The Coal Coast: Hawthorn Hive, Evening 22nd August 2000 ©Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen On NowFrom the Earth Comes Light
Women, Creativity, and Mining in 20th Century Britain
Exhibitions
National Coal Mining Museum of England
04 April 2025 - 28 September 2025 -
Harvest From the Deep, 2025 © Pete Robinson, Eye of the Tyne UpcomingHarvest From the Deep
Pete Robinson, Eye of the Tyne Photography
Exhibitions
Old Low Lights, Tynemouth, North Shields
22 July 2025 - 30 August 2025 -
Still from The Scar, 1997 ©Amber Films UpcomingPersonal Histories: From the Earth Comes the Light
Collecting Your Personal Stories
Events
National Coal Mining Museum of England
16 August 2025
Side: Documents of Working-Class Life
Side is a cultural hub located on Newcastle's historic Quayside, home to the internationally recognised Side Gallery, Side Cinema, and the AmberSide collection - a UNESCO-registered photographic collection and archive documenting working-class life in the North East of England and beyond.
Founded in 1977, Side represents a dynamic intersection of art, activism, and community, dedicated to recording and preserving the experiences of working-class people around the world through artist-led humanist documentary photography and film.
MySide
Show us your side of life
We’re inviting you to share your life and community through documentary photography as part of MySide, our new grassroots curatorial project. Every three months we’ll set a new theme, and right now we're looking for responses to the prompt “Places That Made Us”. This theme is all about you and your environment - the landscapes, neighbourhoods, buildings or natural spaces that have helped to form who you are and explain where you’re from.
Visit MySideWhat's on
On Now
Documenting Place - Film Screenings
Amber Collective
Cinema
Farrell Centre, Newcastle
20 Feb 2025 - 14 Sep 2025
On Now
Documenting Place
Amber Collective
Exhibitions
Farrell Centre, Newcastle
20 Feb 2025 - 14 Sep 2025
On Now
From the Earth Comes Light
Women, Creativity, and Mining in 20th Century Britain
Exhibitions
National Coal Mining Museum of England
04 Apr 2025 - 28 Sep 2025
On Now
A Song for Billy
Drop in Screening
Cinema
National Coal Mining Museum of England
18 Jun 2025 - 28 Aug 2025
Upcoming
Harvest From the Deep
Pete Robinson, Eye of the Tyne Photography
Exhibitions
Old Low Lights, Tynemouth, North Shields
22 Jul 2025 - 30 Aug 2025
Explore more at Side
Side is currently closed
Every donation, no matter how small, will make a huge difference in helping us reopen and continue our mission to share stories that matter from the North East and beyond.
Your donations to the SaveSide campaign enabled us to raise major redevelopment funding to help build a more stable future for Side. Today we are actively working on a variety of activities leading to our reopening.
Beyond the frame
Explore the people and stories behind our work
Photo Essay
Exploring MySide submissions which ask: "who am I, and how do I show that?"
Interview
Read our interview with photographer Daragh Drake as we deep dive into their MySide submission: documenting the Gaelic Games.
In Focus
This Father's Day we take a closer look at Peter Fryer's complex and intimate project "Fathers", 1998-2000.
News
Explore two unforgettable day trips, where Year 4 & 5 pupils from New York Primary School uncovered local stories, captured striking images, and saw their community heritage in a bold new light.
In Focus
Our Curatorial Assistant, Frances Campbell, takes a dive into the collection and explores a series of photographs documenting the Appleby Horse Fair.
Interview
Going behind the scenes of Seen.By.Zine with editor Maria Maza and some of the photographers who have taken part in a special issue celebrating NUFC's Cup victory.