Art from the Lens gallery

24/10/2026

Taken as a press news piece in Holborn London in 1926.
This original vintage photograph captures the hawkers working the streets before Christmas.
Change the style of clothes and this is a timeless photograph of a way of life on the streets.
One of my all time favourites images I got for the gallery.
She will be at the Vintage Market at the tomorrow along with 100's of other original photographs from local history to countries across the globe.

23/10/2026

Great informative tour despite constant interruptions from persons who should have known better and behaved as such.
Really interesting collection of images from across the world.
As a movement, Pictorialism is all about creating the emotions in the print as much as the content
And yes, it is still on the wall😇
Invested in the book instead.

22/10/2026

Dare you visit the past?

This Sunday as we approach Halloween, we will be bringing 3D photographs from 1850's to 1898 that allows you to stand where the photographer stood, and see what they saw.
No batteries, no AI theft or slop, just historical reality.

Costume will be available for those who dare 😉

21/10/2026

Finally arrived after delays for customs, riots, French working systems and a Royal Mail system that doesn't allow changes until they have tried to deliver it.
This stunning Valentine's photograph of the Royal Border Bridge at Berwick on Tweed captured the river at low tide.
The bridge is stunning, but it is the revelation of how many boats used to fish the river and estuary.
That is one of the amazing things original vintage photographs can show us, how life has changed and sometimes, what we have lost to "progress" and environmental changes.
Hopefully this will be coming with me on the 25th October to the Vintage Market at the run by and .
No modern replicas, scans or illegal downloads, just genuine history you can hold in your hands.
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20/10/2026

Storytelling about the North East that graced news stands across the seas to local people captured for loved ones memories.
All coming to the Vintage Market at the on the 25th October
Original vintage photographs, no cheap copies,
Illegal downloads just genuine moments of history captured

19/10/2026

18/10/2026

Photography has been used to record fashion since the early days. It helped spread styles and trends faster than the fishermen and travelling sales teams
On the 25th October, this collection of ladies, from royalty to European models will be at Vintage Market at
All original vintage photographs telling stories from another era.

18/10/2026

Between the headlands of North and South Tyne, a fishing boat from Kirkcaldy sails in the mists.
Part of a reunited album of original vintage photographs that capture the coast and Newcastle.
It will be on show at the on the 25th October at the
A real piece of local history and of the fishing industry around the coast of the UK.

17/10/2026

This is what real photograph restoration is, gentle cleaning, archival repairs and quality museum conservation standard mounts.
Not a pixel, software, AI slop or claim of "restoring and colour added" on a digital page.
Real vintage original photographs, with their stories and lives written into the chemistry and fibres.
Some even tell their stories through the dirt and tears, all lost in someone else's own vision of how they would have taken the photograph in digital "enhancement". This plastic digital surgery is why they look so wrong in history groups online.
Our own inner eye knows it, it jars the timeline of history.
This is a collection of newly acquired visual stories being prepared for on the 25th October at the .
So if you are into reality and genuine stories from local history to all over the world, come along and say hello.

14/10/2026

SHOP THE MARKET | VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS 📷

Meet Richard, a passionate collector with an incredible knowledge of vintage photography, joining us at our next Vintage Market on Sunday 25 October.

Richard has a fascinating collection of original photographs sourced from across the world, some dating right back to the 1850s and 1860s.

Every photograph tells a story, capturing people, places and moments that might otherwise have been forgotten.

These are genuine originals, not scans, reprints or reproductions.

Richard will also be bringing a collection of local historical photographs, along with archival-mounted and framed pieces available to buy.

And if you're curious about the history of photography, Richard is definitely someone to have a chat with! He knows an extraordinary amount about the subject and loves sharing the stories behind the images.

Come and browse, ask questions and perhaps take home your own little piece of history.

📍 Salt Market Social, North Shields Fish Quay
📅 Sunday 25 October
⏰ 10am–4pm
🎟️ Free entry | Pay What You Feel