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Postcode Explorers
A North Tyneside Residency
Education
New York, North Tyneside
01 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
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50x50: Fundraising Print Sale On Now50x50: Fundraising Print Sale
50 artists | Editions of 50 | £50 Each
Events
Side Online
22 August 2025 - 01 December 2025 -
Mrs. Little’s Home Communion, 2007-2009 © Liz Hingley Tell us what you think about documentary photography today and what you'd like to see from documentary projects in the future.Blogs
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Still from Miners' Weekend School, 1984 ©Amber Films / Amber Current Affairs Unit On NowCinema
The Burr of Berwick Film Library
30 August 2025 - 01 November 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, and right now we're looking for responses to the prompt “Ways We Celebrate”. Maybe it’s Diwali lights in the window, Bonfire Night with neighbours, Halloween on your street, a Christmas market, or New Year’s Eve with friends. Maybe it’s a quiet meal, a small ritual, or a moment of reflection. We want to see what brings people together and how we find joy, comfort, and connection in the places we share.
Visit MySideWhat's on
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Documenting Place - Film Screenings
Amber Collective
Cinema
Farrell Centre, Newcastle
20 Feb 2025 - 19 Dec 2025
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Documenting Place
Amber Collective
Exhibitions
Farrell Centre, Newcastle
20 Feb 2025 - 19 Dec 2025
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Harvest From the Deep
Pete Robinson, Eye of the Tyne Photography
Exhibitions
Old Low Lights, Tynemouth, North Shields
22 Jul 2025 - 18 Oct 2025
On Now
50x50: Fundraising Print Sale
50 artists | Editions of 50 | £50 Each
Events
Side Online
22 Aug 2025 - 01 Dec 2025
On Now
Cinema
The Burr of Berwick Film Library
30 Aug 2025 - 01 Nov 2025
On Now
After the End of History
British Working Class Photography 1989 – 2024
Exhibitions
ffotogallery, Cardiff
03 Oct 2025 - 13 Dec 2025
Upcoming
Drop in Screenings: Shields Stories
North Shields Library
Cinema
North Shields Library
17 Oct 2025
Explore more at Side
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Every donation, no matter how small, will make a huge difference in helping us 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 development funding to help build a more stable future for Side as an arts organisation.
All fundraising goes to the AmberSide Trust (registered charity number: 1160760) to help fund Side’s ongoing community work, finance the continued care of the UNESCO-registered AmberSide Collection, enable future exhibitions and partnerships, and guarantee continued public access to documentary photography in the North East.
Beyond the frame
Explore the people and stories behind our work
Photo Essay
Photographs from our MySide open call, exploring how stillness and quiet moments can hold memory, emotion and a sense of belonging.
Video, Interview
Re-release of Lynsey Addario’s 2012 Side talk on "Veiled Rebellion", reflecting on her photographs of women’s lives in Afghanistan and the stories behind the images.
In Focus
Journey into the AmberSide Collection with Fred Mawson’s archive as cycling, socialism and Esperanto postcards reveal a powerful story of working-class friendship and global solidarity.
Photo Essay
Photographer Antonio Balisciano shares his series "Beneath Vesuvius" as a photo essay exploring shared moments of leisure on the shoreline in Naples, Italy.
In Focus
Stories of Newcastle's Quayside Market bustle, merchant patter, and iconic bridges, seen first as a boy in the 40s and then revisited as a young photographer in the 70s.
Interview
Our latest MySide blog introduces Payam Akramipour, an Iranian photographer whose work explores the realities of life in Kermanshah and beyond with honesty and depth.