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Coal Staiths of the River Tyne image
River Project: Dunston Coal Staithes, 1973 ©Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen

Coal Staiths of the River Tyne

Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen & Peter Roberts

January 18th, 2026

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.
A Year of Transformation

A Year of Transformation

December 15th, 2025

Laura Laffler

News

A letter from our Managing Director, looking back at the past year and announcing the next phase of Side and Amber's future.
Christmas in the AmberSide Collection

Christmas in the AmberSide Collection

December 14th, 2025

AmberSide Collection

In Focus

A look at Christmas in the AmberSide Collection, showing how people create warmth and meaning through small rituals across different places, lives and circumstances.
In Focus: Every Breath They Take

In Focus: Every Breath They Take

November 28th, 2025

Ellen Stone

In Focus

An closer look at Keith Pattison’s "Every Breath They Take", exploring women’s community care, collective action and the long fight against Monkton cokeworks’ pollution.
OFFSHORE ONSHORE

OFFSHORE ONSHORE

October 31st, 2025

LK Stow

In Focus

A 60-year photo story of exploration and the North Sea in the historic rush for ‘black gold’ by father and daughter photographers AJ Stow & LK Stow
Peter Caton: Unyielding Floods

Peter Caton: Unyielding Floods

October 23rd, 2025

Side

Interview

We spoke to photographer Peter Caton about "Unyielding Floods", his four-year project documenting how communities in South Sudan adapt to rising water and live with the reality of a changing climate.
Amber: Saving the Quayside

Amber: Saving the Quayside

October 21st, 2025

Laura Laffler

In Focus

Learn how Amber Film & Photography Collective helped protect Newcastle’s Quayside in the 1970s, blending art and activism to preserve its historic architecture.