Side Gallery is offering three £3000 commissions to documentary photographers, as part of its Homelands investigation into North East England's shifting cultural landscape.

Founded in 1977 by members of the Newcastle upon Tyne-based film and photography collective Amber, Side Gallery is dedicated to humanist documentary projects, and is looking for photographers who will follow in this tradition. Work from photographers who have already identified subject matter is welcome, but the gallery can also help successful applicants identify possible subjects if they can demonstrate technical skill, aesthetic sense and narrative instinct. The three photographers chosen will work towards an exhibition of 15 or more prints and/or a multimedia piece exploring migrant and host communities in the North East.

Side Gallery has previously worked with and/or exhibited documentary photography by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, Chris Steele-Perkins, Tim Hetherington, Simon Norfolk, and Weegee. It has already awarded two multimedia commissions for the Homelands project - one to Peter Fryer and David Campbell for their work on South Shields, and another to Dean Chapman for his work with the Burmese diaspora.

Applications for the Homelands commissions can be made here.