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Dedicated to Documentary Photography since 1977 #SaveSide

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We've got a bluesky account! Find us @sidegallery.bsky.social. Excited to connect with you all there! 📸

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👀 Recognise this ceiling? A sci-fi set? No, Eldon Square shopping mall, c. 1980.

See more in the exhibition "Under Development", exploring how Tyneside and East London have changed over the last 50+ years. Free @visitnca until 29 Nov.

🔗 More info: https://t.co/lGgqIfAPMA

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Our T Dan Smith screening sold out in record time!

We're looking into more screenings, but if you missed out we have another chance to explore the legacy of T Dan Smith at @visitnca.

🎤 Talk by Tom Draper: “T Dan Smith: Hero or Villain?” 2pm, 14 Nov
🔗 https://t.co/n3dhPiMDiF

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🎬 Join us at Tyneside Cinema for Amber's 1987 film on T. Dan Smith, Newcastle's controversial leader, followed by 1970s-style discussion cinema led by filmmaker Tom Draper.

📆 Monday 16th November
⏰ Doors 6.30pm | Starts 7pm
🎟️ Book Tickets: https://t.co/mhE7pljtQ1

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🎉 Join us Sat 7 Nov, 3.30pm at Newcastle Contemporary Art for a guided visit to Side's “Under Development”, followed by drinks and a catch-up. New faces welcome!

🔗 RSVP: https://t.co/22U713D5Ud

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⚓ A chippy in '87 photographed by Sharon Bailey. Part of an info pack made in the '80s about the fishing industry (both onshore and off) in North Shields.

We’re excited to be continuing our engagement in the town with a display at Common Ground (@LuvNorthShields). Coming soon.

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📷 Still looking for something to do today? A couple of walk-in spaces have opened up for our Family Photowalk!

Meet at "Under Development", NCA, High Bridge Works, 31–39 High Bridge, 4th Floor, Newcastle NE1 1EW, at 1pm. Tell the team you'd like to join!

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📷 The faces of a divided city. Paul Trevor’s "In Your Face" (1977–92) contrasts close-up street portraits from Brick Lane and London’s financial district.

See a selection at "Under Development", NCA. Free until 29 Nov.

🔗 https://t.co/lGgqIfAPMA

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📸 Only 8 places left on our photowalk! Join us & Newcastle Contemporary Art starting at the exhibition "Under Development" before photographing the city together.

📅 Sat 31, Oct 1–3pm
No experience needed, bring a camera or camera phone.

🔗 Sign up: https://t.co/yZAkXNM9Ti

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📷 Some great photos by local street photographer Jan Panke, inside "Under Development" at NCA.

An exhibition of 50+ years of documentary photography from Tyneside and East London, asking who shapes our changing cities.
Free until 29 Nov.

🔗 https://t.co/lGgqIfAPMA

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📣 Event Reminder!!

InSide returns in September: a space to share documentary work, ask questions, talk through sticking points and swap news and opportunities.

📅 Monday 19th October 2026, 6–8pm
📍 Gosforth Civic Theatre

🔗 https://t.co/St5SOBT420

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🏙️ The signs are up, and we open tomorrow!

"Under Development" brings together photography from Tyneside and East London, with work from the AmberSide Collection and @FourCornersE2 shown together.

@visitnca, 17 Oct – 29 Nov. Free entry.

🔗 https://t.co/lGgqIfAPMA

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📸 Explore Newcastle this half term!
Join us & @visitnca for a family photowalk, starting at the exhibition "Under Development" before photographing the city together.

📅 Sat 31 Oct, 1–3pm
No experience needed, bring a camera or camera phone.

Sign up: https://t.co/yZAkXNM9Ti

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📷 In 1974, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen photographed Tyneside's shop windows, recording the character of its high streets.

What would you document today?

Under 25? "Newcastle Now": https://t.co/dourtjqApd

All ages: MySide's "Changing Places": https://t.co/qLRod0I72j

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📸 InSide returns this October: a space to share documentary work, ask questions, talk through sticking points and swap news and opportunities.

📅 Monday 19th October 2026, 6–8pm
📍 Gosforth Civic Theatre

🔗 More info: https://t.co/St5SOBT420

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📷 Show us Newcastle now. We’re inviting young people to photograph the city as they see it. No fancy kit needed, a phone is fine.

Part of "Under Development" at NCA (@visitnca), with selected work shown in an exhibition and newspaper.

🔗 https://t.co/dourtjqApd

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🏗️ We’re excited to announce the exhibition: Under Development

Opening Oct 17 at Newcastle Contemporary Arts, it brings together the AmberSide Collection and Four Corners Archive to ask what happens when cities change?

🔗 https://t.co/lGgqIfAPMA

@FourCornersE2 @visitnca

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⚓ Seagulls and the North Sea, 1989 / 2026.

Photographers Peter Fryer and Pete Robinson (@EyeoftheTyne ), 37 years apart, both at sea with North Shields fishing crews.

Different boats, workers and photographers. The same waters, being worked across generations.

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🎉 A belated Side Shout Out for Debbie Todd (@DebbieToddPhot0), shortlisted for the British Photography Awards with her Appleby Horse Fair portrait of Jimmy.

Vote People’s Choice by 15 Oct: https://t.co/nVv3HvYzGq

Well done to everyone shortlisted!

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📣 Event Reminder!!

InSide returns in September: a space to share documentary work, ask questions, talk through sticking points and swap news and opportunities.

📅 Tuesday 22nd September 2026, 6–8pm
📍 Gosforth Civic Theatre

🔗 More info: https://t.co/JtKIGz8FLJ

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🏭 ON NOW in Paisley: “Industrial Epic”.

Photography and film from the AmberSide Collection trace the working landscapes of North East shipyards, factories, refineries and mines.

📍 Refractive at The Liberal Club
📅 Until 7 Nov
🎟️ Free

🔗 https://t.co/9ykAE4OnZj