marie gardiner
Marie Gardiner at Bishop Auckland Town Hall at the opening of an exhibition featuring her soundscape A Sense of Place.

I’m a writer, photographer, and documentary producer. After gaining my degree in Film and Media, I worked in the media industry for a while before leaving to set up the business I run with my partner: Lonely Tower Film & Media. As well as writing about visual practices like photography and video, I’m also the author of three history books: Sunderland Industrial Giant (The History Press, 2017), Secret Sunderland (Amberley Publishing 2019), and Celebrating Sunderland (Amberley Publishing 2023). I write articles about heritage, culture, and place – you can read recent articles in publications like This England, The Northern Echo, and Landscape magazine.