The Birmingham Photographic Grid

This is a systematic look at Birmingham within the Number 11 bus route.

Rather than concentrate on the picturesque, the historic or the famous, we went out and photographed Birmingham according to a grid.

Locations were shared-out between a team of 'photographers' (none of them are photographers) according to a grid imposed over the area.The photographers were free to capture whatever they wanted at their location, but it was the grid that determined the locations in the first place.

The photographs were largely taken in 2007 by people who work in Birmingham, live there, grew up there, go to school there or have some other connection with the city. Over a third of the 340 photographs were taken by ex pupils of Moseley Art School, while one in seven photographs were taken by school pupils.

Use the links on the left to explore the photographs: the map-based page shows a schematic map of Birmingham with clickable grid points.

Dave Allen, February 2008