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Tearing Down Walls, 2025 ©Alison Johansson

MySide: Tearing Down Walls

Alison Johansson

March 17th, 2026

Take an in focus look at Alison Johansson’s project Tearing Down Walls, documenting the final days of Glasgow’s Caledonia Road flats and the traces of domestic life left behind.
MySide: Scott Smith

MySide: Scott Smith

March 3rd, 2026

MySide

Interview

For our latest MySide interview, Scott Smith, aka The Bearded Skot, talks documenting the Newcastle University Gaza encampment from within, and building a record shaped by care and responsibility.
MySide: Silver Coins

MySide: Silver Coins

February 26th, 2026

Joseph Wilson

Photo Essay

A photo essay on Lynemouth’s shifting coast, where coal, waste and sea collide. Photographer Joseph Wilson pairs new images with lost industrial archives to confront energy, labour and erasure.
MySide: Adam Monaghan

MySide: Adam Monaghan

January 28th, 2026

MySide

Interview

For MySide, Adam Monaghan reflects on his long-term work in Suvilahti, Helsinki, and what it means to document places shaped by culture, access, and change.
Langholm Common Riding

Langholm Common Riding

January 25th, 2026

Matt MacPake

Photo Essay

Photographer Matt MacPake shares his project one of Scotland's oldest and most emotionally charged traditions: the Langholm Common Riding.
Coal Staiths of the River Tyne

Coal Staiths of the River Tyne

January 18th, 2026

Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen & Peter Roberts

Video, Interview

A new film by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen and Peter Roberts brings Dunston Staiths back into view as a working place, using 1973 photographs alongside footage of the Staiths today.
Side at Baltic

Side at Baltic

January 12th, 2026

Laura Laffler

News

Announcement about Side's future and how documentary photography will be more accessible in the North East than ever before.
MySide: Michele Allan

MySide: Michele Allan

January 9th, 2026

MySide

Interview

In our latest artist interview, Michele Allan talks to us about photographing crowded public events, from the Miners’ Gala to city streets, and what shared moments reveal about community & belonging.
Views From Around the World

Views From Around the World

December 23rd, 2025

MySide

Photo Essay

Discover how people around the world see their everyday lives, from the North Sea to Brazil and Iran. These MySide highlights share personal, grounded views of places far beyond the North East.