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The Pahalwans Who Stayed © Monica Dhaka

The Pahalwans Who Stayed

Ellen Stone

July 16th, 2026

Visual artist and photographer Monica Dhaka on India’s mud wrestling, social and personal heritage, soil, and the body.
Relocating Amber

Relocating Amber

July 15th, 2026

AmberSide Trust

News

Announcement of a National Lottery Heritage Fund-supported partnership with Newcastle University Special Collections to safeguard the AmberSide Collection and expand public access.
The Hoppings from Above

The Hoppings from Above

July 6th, 2026

Richard Simpson

In Focus, Photo Essay

Photographer Richard Simpson shares his experience experimenting using a drone to capture the iconic Hoppings funfair from the sky.
MySide: Coastal Colour

MySide: Coastal Colour

May 6th, 2026

MySide

Photo Essay

From Staithes to Porthcawl, discover responses to "MySide: Local Colour" that look at the coast in colour.
May Day, 1963

May Day, 1963

April 30th, 2026

AmberSide Collection

In Focus, Photo Essay

Take a look T. Dan Smith’s May Day photographs of Newcastle, where labour politics, union pride and civic life all met at a parade.
Working the Landscape: Photographing Frosterley

In Focus

An in focus look at "Working the Landscape: Images of Frosterley", 1984, by Darlington Media Group. Exploring a quarrying village in County Durham and how collective photography shaped its representation.
Robert Munoz: The Child in the City

Robert Munoz: The Child in the City

April 16th, 2026

Robert Munoz

In Focus, Online Exhibition

Explore an in focus presentation of French photojournalist Robert Munoz’s street photographs from the 1970s to early 1990s, where young people reveal the energy, risk and politics of public space.
MySide: Richard Simpson

MySide: Richard Simpson

April 2nd, 2026

MySide

Interview

Richard Simpson introduces his documentary practice, from early influences to his life in the North East, reflecting on long-term projects shaped by local communities and landscapes as they change.
James Sebright: The Body and The Blood

James Sebright: The Body and The Blood

March 24th, 2026

MySide

Interview

In our new MySide interview, James Sebright discusses his project The Body & The Blood, reflecting on visual language, and photographing Smithfield Meat Market during the slow process of change.
MySide: Tearing Down Walls

MySide: Tearing Down Walls

March 17th, 2026

Alison Johansson

In Focus

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.