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Lost Dreams, 2026 ©Fabrice Millet

MySide: Coastal Colour

MySide

May 6th, 2026

From Staithes to Porthcawl, discover responses to "MySide: Local Colour" that look at the coast in colour.
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.
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.
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.
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.
MySide: A Kind of Stillness

MySide: A Kind of Stillness

October 11th, 2025

MySide

Photo Essay

Photographs from our MySide open call, exploring how stillness and quiet moments can hold memory, emotion and a sense of belonging.
Antonio Balisciano: Beneath Vesuvius

Antonio Balisciano: Beneath Vesuvius

September 18th, 2025

MySide

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.