Amber News

Nothern Lights Film Festival

11th March 2010 By: Graeme Rigby

Northern Lights Film Festival runs from Saturday 20 to Saturday 27 March with a great programme of screenings at Side Cinema, the Tyneside, the Gala in Durham and Star & Shadow. The Side Cinema...more »

Jimmy Forsyth Dies

14th July 2009 By: Graeme Rigby

Jimmy Forsyth, who documented Scotswood Road in the 1950s and 1960s, died on Saturday 11th July 2009. His work stands as one of the great records of its kind - a...more »

The Murray Martin Award

13th February 2009 By: Graeme Rigby

After Amber founder member and key visionary Murray Martin died in 2007, many people suggested that the group should set up an award in his memory, perhaps giving a young filmmaker an opportunity. It...more »

Ian Macdonald

Born in North Yorkshire, Ian Macdonald’s documentation of the industrial River Tees, particularly in the 1970s and 80s is rich and extensive. His work includes ‘Greatham Creek’, ‘The Tees Estuary’ and, exploring the villages of the Esk Valley, ‘Quoits’.

In 1987, with the painter Len Tabner, he produced the book ‘Smith’s Dock - Shipbuilders’, exploring the later days of the construction of North Islands, the last ship to be built by this shipyard on the River Tees.

Quoits

from: Photography

Documentation of the traditional game of Quoits, as played in the Esk Valley, North Yorkshire, late 1970s. The text includes the game's rules and an explanation of its terminology.

Tees Estuary

from: Photography

The industrialized mouth of the River Tees, below Middlesbrough, and its small fishing hut communities, documented in the 1970s and early 1980s by the Teesside photographer.

Greatham Creek

from: Photography

A community of cabins and houseboats in the estuary of the River Tees, 1975, documented by the Teesside photographer.