Side
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Est. in 1977: Side is dedicated to lens-based documentary. We are home to the UNESCO-listed AmberSide collection, showcasing film and documentary photography on working-class life from the North East and beyond.
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🧳 New In Focus blog post - The Withdrawal of Soviet Troops from Czechoslovakia
A close look at Dana Kyndrová's photographs from inside the Soviet barracks, where change is absorbed into routine, and doesn't look like the spectacle you expect.
🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/blog/in-f...
A close look at Dana Kyndrová's photographs from inside the Soviet barracks, where change is absorbed into routine, and doesn't look like the spectacle you expect.
🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/blog/in-f...
January 23, 2026 at 12:30 PM
🧳 New In Focus blog post - The Withdrawal of Soviet Troops from Czechoslovakia
A close look at Dana Kyndrová's photographs from inside the Soviet barracks, where change is absorbed into routine, and doesn't look like the spectacle you expect.
🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/blog/in-f...
A close look at Dana Kyndrová's photographs from inside the Soviet barracks, where change is absorbed into routine, and doesn't look like the spectacle you expect.
🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/blog/in-f...
📸 MySide: Fabio Pellegrini
A Rome-based firefighter and self-taught photographer, Fabio shares everyday scenes from Rome, Newcastle, and Naples, shaped by work, travel, and the places he passes through.
Show us your side of life: Submit to MySide → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
A Rome-based firefighter and self-taught photographer, Fabio shares everyday scenes from Rome, Newcastle, and Naples, shaped by work, travel, and the places he passes through.
Show us your side of life: Submit to MySide → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
January 22, 2026 at 8:38 AM
📸 MySide: Fabio Pellegrini
A Rome-based firefighter and self-taught photographer, Fabio shares everyday scenes from Rome, Newcastle, and Naples, shaped by work, travel, and the places he passes through.
Show us your side of life: Submit to MySide → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
A Rome-based firefighter and self-taught photographer, Fabio shares everyday scenes from Rome, Newcastle, and Naples, shaped by work, travel, and the places he passes through.
Show us your side of life: Submit to MySide → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
🎞️ Home Front was a 1986 Side Gallery exhibition by Derek Bishton & John Reardon, documenting everyday life in communities shaped by migration as the Empire came “home”.
Original posters now on sale: £20 each, 25% off when you buy 2+. Sale ends 31 Jan.
🛒 shop.amber-online.com/colle...
Original posters now on sale: £20 each, 25% off when you buy 2+. Sale ends 31 Jan.
🛒 shop.amber-online.com/colle...
January 20, 2026 at 10:50 AM
🎞️ Home Front was a 1986 Side Gallery exhibition by Derek Bishton & John Reardon, documenting everyday life in communities shaped by migration as the Empire came “home”.
Original posters now on sale: £20 each, 25% off when you buy 2+. Sale ends 31 Jan.
🛒 shop.amber-online.com/colle...
Original posters now on sale: £20 each, 25% off when you buy 2+. Sale ends 31 Jan.
🛒 shop.amber-online.com/colle...
🛠️ Most people today encounter Dunston Staiths as a quiet heritage site. In the 1970s, it was a dangerous place of work.
A new film by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen and Peter Roberts brings that history back into view → sidegallery.co.uk/blog/coal-staiths-of-the-river-tyne
Commissioned by Tyne Derwent Way
A new film by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen and Peter Roberts brings that history back into view → sidegallery.co.uk/blog/coal-staiths-of-the-river-tyne
Commissioned by Tyne Derwent Way
January 18, 2026 at 12:53 PM
🛠️ Most people today encounter Dunston Staiths as a quiet heritage site. In the 1970s, it was a dangerous place of work.
A new film by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen and Peter Roberts brings that history back into view → sidegallery.co.uk/blog/coal-staiths-of-the-river-tyne
Commissioned by Tyne Derwent Way
A new film by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen and Peter Roberts brings that history back into view → sidegallery.co.uk/blog/coal-staiths-of-the-river-tyne
Commissioned by Tyne Derwent Way
📣 MySide open call: Moments of Change
We’re inviting photos of everyday moments where something is shifting. Big or small. Planned or unexpected. Share your photographs with our team!
Deadline: midnight (GMT), 1 April 2026
Submit → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
We’re inviting photos of everyday moments where something is shifting. Big or small. Planned or unexpected. Share your photographs with our team!
Deadline: midnight (GMT), 1 April 2026
Submit → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
January 17, 2026 at 2:26 PM
📣 MySide open call: Moments of Change
We’re inviting photos of everyday moments where something is shifting. Big or small. Planned or unexpected. Share your photographs with our team!
Deadline: midnight (GMT), 1 April 2026
Submit → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
We’re inviting photos of everyday moments where something is shifting. Big or small. Planned or unexpected. Share your photographs with our team!
Deadline: midnight (GMT), 1 April 2026
Submit → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
💃 MySide: Maria Maza – Christmas Ballroom, Blackpool Tower Ballroom, 2025
“I was mesmerised by the dancers, who, regardless of age, glided graciously and effortlessly.”
Shared as part of MySide, our grassroots documentary photography project. Submit your images → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/mys...
“I was mesmerised by the dancers, who, regardless of age, glided graciously and effortlessly.”
Shared as part of MySide, our grassroots documentary photography project. Submit your images → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/mys...
January 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
💃 MySide: Maria Maza – Christmas Ballroom, Blackpool Tower Ballroom, 2025
“I was mesmerised by the dancers, who, regardless of age, glided graciously and effortlessly.”
Shared as part of MySide, our grassroots documentary photography project. Submit your images → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/mys...
“I was mesmerised by the dancers, who, regardless of age, glided graciously and effortlessly.”
Shared as part of MySide, our grassroots documentary photography project. Submit your images → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/mys...
📣 Last year we said big changes were coming. Here’s the first!
Side is establishing a curatorial office at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, making the AmberSide Collection, our programming and documentary photography more accessible than ever.
📰 Read more: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/side-at...
Side is establishing a curatorial office at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, making the AmberSide Collection, our programming and documentary photography more accessible than ever.
📰 Read more: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/side-at...
January 13, 2026 at 10:18 AM
📣 Last year we said big changes were coming. Here’s the first!
Side is establishing a curatorial office at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, making the AmberSide Collection, our programming and documentary photography more accessible than ever.
📰 Read more: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/side-at...
Side is establishing a curatorial office at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, making the AmberSide Collection, our programming and documentary photography more accessible than ever.
📰 Read more: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/side-at...
🎡 The Hoppings in three acts:
Richard Simpson drops us into the rush.
Lorna MacKay catches the last lights at closing time.
Michaela Simpson shows the morning after, rides packed and gone.
Three views of one Newcastle tradition.
Share your images: MySide’s open → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
Richard Simpson drops us into the rush.
Lorna MacKay catches the last lights at closing time.
Michaela Simpson shows the morning after, rides packed and gone.
Three views of one Newcastle tradition.
Share your images: MySide’s open → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
January 11, 2026 at 12:48 PM
🎡 The Hoppings in three acts:
Richard Simpson drops us into the rush.
Lorna MacKay catches the last lights at closing time.
Michaela Simpson shows the morning after, rides packed and gone.
Three views of one Newcastle tradition.
Share your images: MySide’s open → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
Richard Simpson drops us into the rush.
Lorna MacKay catches the last lights at closing time.
Michaela Simpson shows the morning after, rides packed and gone.
Three views of one Newcastle tradition.
Share your images: MySide’s open → sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
🖤🌈 Black & white or colour? It’s a familiar debate for documentary photographers. We asked this and more in our new #MySide interview with photographer Michele Allan.
📰 Read the full interview: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/myside-michele-allan
📸 Share your photos: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
📰 Read the full interview: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/myside-michele-allan
📸 Share your photos: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
January 10, 2026 at 11:54 AM
🖤🌈 Black & white or colour? It’s a familiar debate for documentary photographers. We asked this and more in our new #MySide interview with photographer Michele Allan.
📰 Read the full interview: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/myside-michele-allan
📸 Share your photos: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
📰 Read the full interview: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/myside-michele-allan
📸 Share your photos: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
🦌 36 years ago Side opened "Reindeer People: The Saami of Lapland", exploring the Indigenous people of northern Scandinavia.
The vintage poster is available on Side Shop (£20). Buy 2 or more posters to get 25% off your poster order until 31 January.
🛒 shop.amber-online.com/collections/merchandise
The vintage poster is available on Side Shop (£20). Buy 2 or more posters to get 25% off your poster order until 31 January.
🛒 shop.amber-online.com/collections/merchandise
January 9, 2026 at 10:56 AM
🦌 36 years ago Side opened "Reindeer People: The Saami of Lapland", exploring the Indigenous people of northern Scandinavia.
The vintage poster is available on Side Shop (£20). Buy 2 or more posters to get 25% off your poster order until 31 January.
🛒 shop.amber-online.com/collections/merchandise
The vintage poster is available on Side Shop (£20). Buy 2 or more posters to get 25% off your poster order until 31 January.
🛒 shop.amber-online.com/collections/merchandise
☎️ New year, same “one minute, I’m just figuring this out” phone call.
This 1980 shot by Richard Grassick at Cummins Engines captures a feeling that hasn’t changed: a call in one hand, the other in your hair, solutions needed.
📸 ©Richard Grassick
This 1980 shot by Richard Grassick at Cummins Engines captures a feeling that hasn’t changed: a call in one hand, the other in your hair, solutions needed.
📸 ©Richard Grassick
January 8, 2026 at 10:41 AM
☎️ New year, same “one minute, I’m just figuring this out” phone call.
This 1980 shot by Richard Grassick at Cummins Engines captures a feeling that hasn’t changed: a call in one hand, the other in your hair, solutions needed.
📸 ©Richard Grassick
This 1980 shot by Richard Grassick at Cummins Engines captures a feeling that hasn’t changed: a call in one hand, the other in your hair, solutions needed.
📸 ©Richard Grassick
🔨 MySide submission from Newcastle’s Ben Hodgson.
He photographed the final days of the Toys 'R' Us demolition at the Metrocentre, explaining “This place may not have made me, but I’ve little doubt it made other generations…”
Share your photos: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
He photographed the final days of the Toys 'R' Us demolition at the Metrocentre, explaining “This place may not have made me, but I’ve little doubt it made other generations…”
Share your photos: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
January 6, 2026 at 11:29 AM
🔨 MySide submission from Newcastle’s Ben Hodgson.
He photographed the final days of the Toys 'R' Us demolition at the Metrocentre, explaining “This place may not have made me, but I’ve little doubt it made other generations…”
Share your photos: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
He photographed the final days of the Toys 'R' Us demolition at the Metrocentre, explaining “This place may not have made me, but I’ve little doubt it made other generations…”
Share your photos: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
📢 InSide meets again on Mon 12 Jan, 6–8pm at the Coffee Rooms (2nd floor), Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle. Six photographers will share work in the first hour, followed by open discussion and time to connect.
Let us know you’re coming: forms.gle/1PXDuXZcApuQ...
Let us know you’re coming: forms.gle/1PXDuXZcApuQ...
January 5, 2026 at 1:23 PM
📢 InSide meets again on Mon 12 Jan, 6–8pm at the Coffee Rooms (2nd floor), Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle. Six photographers will share work in the first hour, followed by open discussion and time to connect.
Let us know you’re coming: forms.gle/1PXDuXZcApuQ...
Let us know you’re coming: forms.gle/1PXDuXZcApuQ...
🛍️ Our vintage poster sale runs until 31 Jan. Buy 2 or more and get 25% off your poster order. There are more than 50 original posters available from Side’s exhibition history, like this announcement poster from our 1999 to 2000 season. £20 each.
🛒 shop.amber-online.com/collections/merchandise
🛒 shop.amber-online.com/collections/merchandise
January 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
🛍️ Our vintage poster sale runs until 31 Jan. Buy 2 or more and get 25% off your poster order. There are more than 50 original posters available from Side’s exhibition history, like this announcement poster from our 1999 to 2000 season. £20 each.
🛒 shop.amber-online.com/collections/merchandise
🛒 shop.amber-online.com/collections/merchandise
Izabela Jędrzejczyk captures the Rowing Boat Dance in full swing ("Striking Women, 1984/85). In the 80s it was completely normal to sit on a beer-soaked floor and row in time with everyone around you 🎉
If you’ve got your party images, share with "MySide": sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
If you’ve got your party images, share with "MySide": sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Izabela Jędrzejczyk captures the Rowing Boat Dance in full swing ("Striking Women, 1984/85). In the 80s it was completely normal to sit on a beer-soaked floor and row in time with everyone around you 🎉
If you’ve got your party images, share with "MySide": sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
If you’ve got your party images, share with "MySide": sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
🥴 We all know that 3.30 am party slump. Mik Critchlow caught it perfectly in "The First Footers, Ashington, 1986". Party hats slipping, eyes shutting, and the new year rolling in whether you’re ready or not.
Submit your photos to "MySide: Ways We Celebrate": sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
Submit your photos to "MySide: Ways We Celebrate": sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
January 1, 2026 at 10:47 AM
🥴 We all know that 3.30 am party slump. Mik Critchlow caught it perfectly in "The First Footers, Ashington, 1986". Party hats slipping, eyes shutting, and the new year rolling in whether you’re ready or not.
Submit your photos to "MySide: Ways We Celebrate": sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
Submit your photos to "MySide: Ways We Celebrate": sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
🪩 NYE calls for a disco ball!
Tyrone Williams’ "Mirror Ball", 2018 is part of our 50x50 fundraising sale, with each print only £50.
🖼 Buy "Mirror Ball": shop.amber-online.com/products/mirror-ball-2018
🛍 Shop the 50x50 sale: shop.amber-online.com/collections/prints
Tyrone Williams’ "Mirror Ball", 2018 is part of our 50x50 fundraising sale, with each print only £50.
🖼 Buy "Mirror Ball": shop.amber-online.com/products/mirror-ball-2018
🛍 Shop the 50x50 sale: shop.amber-online.com/collections/prints
December 31, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🪩 NYE calls for a disco ball!
Tyrone Williams’ "Mirror Ball", 2018 is part of our 50x50 fundraising sale, with each print only £50.
🖼 Buy "Mirror Ball": shop.amber-online.com/products/mirror-ball-2018
🛍 Shop the 50x50 sale: shop.amber-online.com/collections/prints
Tyrone Williams’ "Mirror Ball", 2018 is part of our 50x50 fundraising sale, with each print only £50.
🖼 Buy "Mirror Ball": shop.amber-online.com/products/mirror-ball-2018
🛍 Shop the 50x50 sale: shop.amber-online.com/collections/prints
✨ Karen Robinson’s "All Dressed Up", 2004-2005, follows teenage girls in East Durham as they get ready, go out and mark their own milestones. Because this time of year is full of its own parties & getting-ready rituals, we’re inviting you to share how you celebrate: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
December 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
✨ Karen Robinson’s "All Dressed Up", 2004-2005, follows teenage girls in East Durham as they get ready, go out and mark their own milestones. Because this time of year is full of its own parties & getting-ready rituals, we’re inviting you to share how you celebrate: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/myside
📢 InSide meets again on Mon 12 Jan, 6–8pm at the Coffee Rooms (2nd floor), Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle. Six photographers will share work in the first hour, followed by open discussion and time to connect.
Let us know you’re coming: forms.gle/1PXDuXZcApuQ...
Let us know you’re coming: forms.gle/1PXDuXZcApuQ...
December 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
📢 InSide meets again on Mon 12 Jan, 6–8pm at the Coffee Rooms (2nd floor), Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle. Six photographers will share work in the first hour, followed by open discussion and time to connect.
Let us know you’re coming: forms.gle/1PXDuXZcApuQ...
Let us know you’re coming: forms.gle/1PXDuXZcApuQ...
👑 Did you know the AmberSide Collection holds work from around the world, including Diane Arbus? This 1970 photograph shows a senior citizens’ dance where two strangers were crowned King and Queen for the night.
© The Estate of Diane Arbus
© The Estate of Diane Arbus
December 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
👑 Did you know the AmberSide Collection holds work from around the world, including Diane Arbus? This 1970 photograph shows a senior citizens’ dance where two strangers were crowned King and Queen for the night.
© The Estate of Diane Arbus
© The Estate of Diane Arbus
🌍 New on the blog: "MySide: Views from Around the World".
A look at life from the likes of Ireland, Brazil, Cyprus, China, Iran and the North Sea.
See more images and read the stories behind them here: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/myside-views-from-around-the-world
A look at life from the likes of Ireland, Brazil, Cyprus, China, Iran and the North Sea.
See more images and read the stories behind them here: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/myside-views-from-around-the-world
December 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🌍 New on the blog: "MySide: Views from Around the World".
A look at life from the likes of Ireland, Brazil, Cyprus, China, Iran and the North Sea.
See more images and read the stories behind them here: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/myside-views-from-around-the-world
A look at life from the likes of Ireland, Brazil, Cyprus, China, Iran and the North Sea.
See more images and read the stories behind them here: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/myside-views-from-around-the-world
🎉 Christmas is here and we're celebrating with an image of recognisable festive domesticity from the AmberSide Collection.
See more Christmas scenes from the North East, across the UK and overseas on our blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Peter Fryer
See more Christmas scenes from the North East, across the UK and overseas on our blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Peter Fryer
December 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🎉 Christmas is here and we're celebrating with an image of recognisable festive domesticity from the AmberSide Collection.
See more Christmas scenes from the North East, across the UK and overseas on our blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Peter Fryer
See more Christmas scenes from the North East, across the UK and overseas on our blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Peter Fryer
🎄Another non-traditional Xmas image from the AmberSide Collection. Today it's "Christmas Eve, Hepworths the Tailors, Ashington" reminding us that for many the holiday is not always a break from work.
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸©Mik Critchlow
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸©Mik Critchlow
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🎄Another non-traditional Xmas image from the AmberSide Collection. Today it's "Christmas Eve, Hepworths the Tailors, Ashington" reminding us that for many the holiday is not always a break from work.
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸©Mik Critchlow
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸©Mik Critchlow
❄️ Today we're sharing at a Christmas that doesn't look like you'd expect from the AmberSide Collection, with this scene from 1936 by Russell Lee.
See more Xmas images on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Russell Lee | US Library of Congress
See more Xmas images on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Russell Lee | US Library of Congress
December 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
❄️ Today we're sharing at a Christmas that doesn't look like you'd expect from the AmberSide Collection, with this scene from 1936 by Russell Lee.
See more Xmas images on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Russell Lee | US Library of Congress
See more Xmas images on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©Russell Lee | US Library of Congress
🎄Christmas is almost here! This holiday season we're sharing Xmas images from the AmberSide Collection, with scenes from the North East, across the UK and overseas.
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©John Rigby
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©John Rigby
December 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🎄Christmas is almost here! This holiday season we're sharing Xmas images from the AmberSide Collection, with scenes from the North East, across the UK and overseas.
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©John Rigby
See more on the blog: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/christmas-in-the-amberside-collection
📸 ©John Rigby