Photography
Side Photographic Collection
Through its own production, support, purchase and retrieval, Amber has built up a significant photographic collection. Where possible, we're putting this work online.
The photographic engagement with the North of England has produced a remarkable enough body of work, but since Side Gallery opened in 1977, this has been extended through exhibition purchases and donations to include a wide-ranging representation of the international classic and contemporary documentary that continues to inspire us. Where we hold the rights and/or where the photographer gives permission, we're committed to putting as much of this work online as possible. As funding allows, new exhibitions will appear and some exhibitions will be developed further.
Consett
Tommy Harris (Photographer)
Photographs from the community life of the County Durham steel town, taken by a local newspaper photographer from 1949 to 1979. Shown at Side Gallery as part of Julian Germain's Steel Works.
Cumbrian Landscapes
John Davies (Photographer)
Landscape photographs of the Lake District in North West England, 1979/1980, Side Gallery's first exhibition of work by a photographer who has developed several projects for Amber.
Durham Coalfield
John Davies (Photographer), Graeme Rigby (Writer)
A landscape survey of the working Durham Coalfield, that was commissioned and first shown in 1983, part of Amber's engagement with the campaign against pit closures and the issues underpinning the Miners' Strike a year later.
Easington: A Mining Village
Bruce Rae (Photographer), Paul Rutishauser (Writer)
Portrait of Easington Colliery in County Durham immediately prior to the start of the Miners’ Strike of 1984, part of Amber's engagement with the issues which underpinned it.
Easington: August 1984
Keith Pattison (Photographer), Huw Beynon (Writer)
Documentation of a County Durham colliery village under police siege, at the height of the Miners’ Strike. Purchased and toured by Amber, the work was published by Amberside with a text by Huw Beynon.