The following has been sent to us by The Grid Project:

The Halifax Grid Project


In Search of Urban HappinessThe Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax

Saturday 26th October – 9th February 2025

This ‘portrait’ of the Halifax area was carried out by 63 contributors from the local community. They produced 2471 photographs and 41 pieces of writing.

Their work forms the most recent Grid Project, a project which uses systematic approaches to documentary photography and seeks to avoid cherry-picking solely picturesque outcomes.


What makes us happy in our environment?

We used photography and writing to look at the question from a less-than-conventional point of view. Typically, we might be happy if we inhabit a place with, say, low crime, good schools, friendly neighbourhoods, low-volume traffic, attractive views with lots of trees, clean and tidy streets and so on.

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We looked at a different dimension of happiness, based on The Image of the City (1960) by Kevin Lynch. It’s concerned with the sense of wellbeing we get when we possess a strong image of our town or city.

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