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Art from the Lens gallery Currently an online gallery specialising in original vintage photographs and commissions.

Small gallery specialising in the art of photography and photographic associated services. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are currently trading online only at the moment, with a short term aim to be at local art and market events very soon, whilst new gallery space is sourced.

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.

SHOP THE MARKET | VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS 📷Meet Richard, a passionate collector with an incredible knowledge of vintage phot...
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

14/10/2026

Between the shiels she runs,
Before the tidal dance with the sea beyond.
Where the pace of the man
Becomes uplifted on clouds breath,
Yet both now bow to the fires of coal.

Original vintage photographs from the rescued album coming to the on the 25th October at North Shields along with around 200 items covering nearly 209 years of photography.

13/10/2026

Another rescued vintage original photograph from the album.
This large albumen photograph is blind stamped by Auty.
Taken from Gateshead looking towards Newcastle in the 1880's.
This and others from this collection are coming to
Vintage Fair on the 25th October at the

12/10/2026

Having one life ruined by undiagnosed rare cancer and learning to live a new life with another rare blood cancer is awkward for some people's viewing issues..
Last month was awareness month, TV shows added it to story lines even, ads everywhere.
But here's the thing, no one told these blood cancers they were only meant to be here for a month.
Cancer cost me my marriage, most of my business and most of my health, but I look normal, healthy even, apart from the weight gain from the medication.
Buying and sharing these wonderful original photographs, telling their stories is a good thing in my life.
I don't try to trick people with selling illegal downloaded image files from museum websites or auction sites, or share images without saying who has the original.
So the crash and cancers sometimes make fine panning with the camera shaky and I can live with that. Blood Cancer UK MPN Voice

11/10/2026

This is another original vintage photograph reunited with 99% of the other photographs from an album that was broken up.
Mathew Auty from Tynemouth captured the Winter Gardens , bathing huts and the growing crowds on the beach on Longsands in Tynemouth.
This is a large albumen photograph blind stamped by Auty.
This and the others, will be available to view close up on the 25th October at the
sponsored in the .
At the last count over 200 original vintage photographs spanning nearly 200 years of photography will be there.

11/10/2026

From the designer studio to the silver screen, they became a reason for a 1,000 magazines and a high street revolution.
A few of the original vintage photographs that capture the evolution of fashion coming to the Vintage Fair on the 25th October hosted by and at the

As we are approaching the festive season of the shortest day shortly after the Vintage Fair on the 25th October run by I...
10/10/2026

As we are approaching the festive season of the shortest day shortly after the Vintage Fair on the 25th October run by I Love North Shields at Salt Market Social , not only is the gallery bringing a huge selection of original vintage photographs of the region, some of our delightful original photographs highlighting fashion will be on show too.
When you fancy a change from the lbd.

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