Welcome to This is Sunderland – Photos of Wearside, County Durham and beyond…

This is Sunderland is a longterm ongoing photography project which aims to document the ever-changing industrial and historic landscape of Wearside. All photos are taken on film, and usually at night, using vintage camera equipment, in keeping with the locations and subjects. Click here to head straight to the photo galleries. All photos taken by Andy Martin.

Chemical World

New (old) frontiers - exploring the Victorian Wet Plate photographic process.

Wilderness

Deepest, darkest, rural North East England as you've never seen it before.

WASS Camera

Huge Victorian studio plate camera - rescued and restored after 60+ years in an attic.

That was Sunderland

A fond farewell to the original This is Sunderland website - preserved here for posterity.