Since founding The Pansy Project in 2005, artist Paul Harfleet has been planting pansies at sites of homophobic and transphobic abuse. Each flower is documented, titled after the words of the abuse, and added to this website. This quiet yet powerful act gently confronts hate crime and brings visibility to LGBTQ+ experiences that often go unreported. His photographs have been exhibited internationally in various contexts. To date, Harfleet has planted more than 300 individual pansies around the world, from London to New York and beyond continue reading…
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Open now at Waterside is an exhibition displaying 60 images of pansies planted at sites of homophobia and transphobia across the UK and beyond. The exhibition includes a presentation of PANSIES , a film by Paul Harfleet and a portrait of of the artist by photographer Malc Stone. A newly edited catalogue made for the show can be viewed by clicking the button above. This exhibition is presented in association with Pride in Trafford and has been kindly supported by Open Eye Gallery.
LOOK Climate Lab 2026 was a biennial programme exploring how photography can be a relevant and powerful medium for talking about climate change on show at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool. The show included a selection of 60 photographs from the last twenty years of The Pansy Project, alongside a large print of The Pansy Project Garden that featured at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show in 2010, designed by Paul Harfleet and his brother Tom Harfleet. Pansies; A History of Violence, is an essay written by Paul Harfleet that accompanied the installation, available for download here. – Photo credit: Rob Battersby
