#amber film photography collective

for ever Amber

A series of events organised by four cultural partners in celebration of the Amber Film & Photography Collective

EXHIBITION | 27.06.15 - 19.09.15 | LAING ART GALLERY

200 photographs and film clips drawn from the AmberSide Collection - 45 years capturing cultural, political and economic change in North East England and collecting classic documentary.

CINEMA | 12.07.15 - 30.09.15 | TYNESIDE CINEMA

A season of Amber documentary and feature films.

CONFERENCE | 10.07.15 - 11.07.15 | NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY

Future Presence: A two day conference exploring documentary practices and possibilities organised by Newcastle University’s Institute for Creative Arts Practice and AmberSide.

You are warmly invited to the private view of ‘for ever Amber’ at the Laing Art Gallery on Friday 26th June from 6pm til 8pm

In 1978 Henri Cartier-Bresson celebrated his 70th birthday with Amber Film & Photography Collective and a retrospective at Side Gallery, the group’s then new documentary photography venue in Newcastle upon Tyne. As a thank you, he sent a photograph inscribed “for ever Amber. 37 years later his words come to life in the first major retrospective for Amber’s remarkable collection.

This exhibition, developed in partnership with the Laing Art Gallery, was made possible through the support of Arts Council England and Heritage Lottery funding.

We hope you can join us in celebrating the launch of this long awaited exhibition.

To read more about the exhibition click here

PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST RSVP to [email protected] by Thursday 25th June stating your name and number of people attending.