Samling Artists Anush Hovhannisyan Nick Pritchard and Ella O'Neill had a big impact on students at Egglescliffe School when we visited them last week as part of our Samling Futures project – as these pictures by Mark Pinder show. (See more pictures on our other social channels)

Samling Academy weekend 1: teenage singers getting individual coaching from Joan Rodgers, Jonathan Ware, Caroline Dowdle Miranda Wright Jo Ramadan Dominic Sedgwick and Scott Brooksbank – what a team!

All photos (c) Mark Pinder (see more on our other social accounts)

A trio of usages by ex-Newport ‘Doc Phot’ students in tonight’s Guardian:
The #sycamoregaptree by Mark Pinder #Prisons by Andy Aitchison 📸 and #WinterFuelPayments by me

And there are more photos on our other social media accounts. All images (c) Mark Pinder

There was standing room only as Ken Loach gave the address at the Thomas Hepburn Memorial Service at the weekend.

Full report: durhamminers.org/thomas_hepburn…

Thanks to Mark Pinder for the images.

Mark Pinder Press Gazette

INTERVIEW: Ahead of what promises to be an insightful ‘in conversation’ event at The Lit and Phil, David Saunders talks to documentary photographer Mark Pinder about his observations of North East political and social life narcmagazine.com/interview-mark…

Mark Pinder A Photographic Life Podcast/UnOfPhoto 🥰😇

The Lit and Phil excellent Conversation last night with Mark Pinder about his book Macromancy. Covering his work on social change and politics from the 80’s up to the present day!!
Nice to see the event well attended. Also, what a terrific location! 📷📷👏🏻👏🏻

Next month NGCA will host a retrospective exhibition from North East-based photographer Mark Pinder, chronicling four decades of change in Britain
culturednortheast.co.uk/2023/01/04/exh…

Mark Pinder Press Gazette A celebrity goes to an event or a walk
They let photos be taken of them for the benefit of the pap (photo to sell) and the celeb (publicity)
They leave or go about their way.

The symbiotic relationship has been satisfied.

Unwanted further photos are parasitic, not symbiotic

Mark Pinder @realtomjames198 That’s the shittiest (and most racist) analogy I’ve ever seen. Mazel tov!

Mark Pinder leekern Argument? I see a statement. War isn’t a debate.

I got to see Mark Pinder’s ‘Macromancy’ exhibition, mentioned here, NGCA recently - it’s such a good show and really well worth a visit for anyone interested in documentary photography and/or the social/political context of the NE

Mark Pinder Press Gazette Sussex. Not Wessex

Mark Pinder Captain Pouch John Harrison Excellent Lab councillor, or even front-bench material. He'll go far.

John Harrison Mark Pinder Would your response to every terror attack be to genocide innocent people in the country the terrorists came from, or just Palestine and Poland?

Mark Pinder John Harrison ‘ asa jew’

Plus, we’ve got interviews with L Devine, Mark Pinder, PLAZA, Speckycult, Meryl Streek, A Song For Ella Grey/Zoe Cooper (@northernstage), Our Man In The Field, Bill Bailey & more (5/6)