In Focus
What does a kiss reveal? This selection from the AmberSide Collection traces intimacy, care and belonging across decades of documentary photography.
Beyond the frame
Explore the people and
stories behind our work
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.
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.
Photo Essay
Photographer Matt MacPake shares his project one of Scotland's oldest and most emotionally charged traditions: the Langholm Common Riding.
In Focus
When change doesn't look like spectacle - A look at Dana Kyndrová's photographs of Soviet soldiers during their withdrawal from Czechoslovakia, part of her series "The Russians".
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.
News
Announcement about Side's future and how documentary photography will be more accessible in the North East than ever before.
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.
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.
News
A letter from our Managing Director, looking back at the past year and announcing the next phase of Side and Amber's future.
News
Updated frequently asked questions about Side's future as we look to the new year.