Bunting along Front Street in Tynemouth, North Tyneside, UK. Photograph by Hazel Plater, from the series, The Geordie Riviera, August 2025. The Geordie Riviera is an ongoing long-form series documenting day-to-day life on the North Tyneside, UK coast, through environmental portraiture, street photography and urban/beach landscapes. Featuring North Shields, Tynemouth, Cullercoats and Whitley Bay, the project is an exploration of people and place - considering community, investigating infrastructure and breathing in the fresh sea air.