myside: places that made us

We’re inviting you to share your life and community through documentary photography as part of MySide, our new grassroots curatorial project. Every three months we’ll set a new theme, and right now we're looking for responses to the prompt “Places That Made Us”.

This theme is all about you and your environment - the landscapes, neighbourhoods, buildings or natural spaces that have helped to form who you are and explain where you’re from.

Places That Made Us: What to photograph?

Consider photographing environments, with or without people, that feel personal or significant, including:

• Landmarks and Landscapes - these could be where you grew up, where you live now, places of work or of leisure.
• Everyday Places - those streets, parks, shops, factories, clubs and community centres that make up your day-to-day life.
• Transformed Sites - for example: old ruins, regenerating neighbourhoods, and places of change.
• Spaces of Culture and Memory - think local festivals, places of tradition, locations of community gatherings.
• Personal Connections to Place - special places that carry emotional weight and narrative for you.

You don’t need to be a professional photographer, what matters is that the images feel real and personal.