Fifty amazing pictures feature in a new fundraising print sale to support the future of Side gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Among the photographers who have contributed an image are respected north-east practitioners such as Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen and Richard Grassick, and internationally recognised names such as Sunil Gupta, Alys Tomlinson, Daniel Meadows, Rankin and Sam Taylor-Johnson. Each has chosen a single image that speaks to the documentary ethos that has underpinned Side’s work since 1977.
The ‘50×50’ online print sale offers the public a chance to acquire affordable, high quality photographic images while raising much needed funds for the only arts organisation in the UK devoted to documentary film and photography centred on working class life in north-eastern England and beyond. Each photograph is available in a limited edition of 50 copies, each priced at £50.
All profits from this sale will go to the AmberSide Trust to help fund Side’s ongoing community work, finance the continued care of the UNESCO-registered AmberSide Collection, enable future exhibitions and partnerships, and support continued public access to documentary photography in the north-east.
Documentary photographer Daniel Meadows said: ‘The AmberSide Collection is an unrivalled archive of work, created through close engagement with the people of Newcastle and the wider region. The archive is full of high-quality works of international significance – Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, Izabela Jedrzejczyk, Markéta Luskačová, Chris Killip, Graham Smith, (need I go on?); these photographers have created some of their finest works with Side, the north-east, and its people. I am lucky to have some of my own photographs in the collection and I am proud to be part of supporting its future.’