<?php
	$mytheme_number_results = get_query_var('mytheme_number_results');

		//determine number of results to show -

		if(!isset($mytheme_number_results) || empty($mytheme_number_results)){

			$results_per_page = 5;

			} else {

			$results_per_page = $mytheme_number_results;

			}

		if(is_search()){
			$image_tags = get_query_var('s');
			}else{
			$image_tags = get_query_var('image-tags');
			}

		//if this is a category page, then we set the value
		$category = get_query_var('image-type');
		if(isset($category)){
				$category = get_query_var('image-type');
			} else {
				$category = NULL;
			}

		//case by case, we change our search query
		if(is_tax( 'image-tags' )  || is_search( )){
				$tax_query = array(
					array(
						'taxonomy' => 'image-tags',
						'field'    => 'slug',
						'terms'    => explode(' ', $image_tags),
						'operator' => 'AND'
					)
				);
			}

		if(is_tax( 'image-type' )){
				$tax_query = array(
					array(
						'taxonomy' => 'image-type',
						'field'    => 'slug',
						'terms'    => explode(' ', $category),
						'operator' => 'AND'
					)
				);
			}

			$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;

			$local_query = array(
					'posts_per_page' => $results_per_page,
					'paged' => $paged,
					'tax_query' => $tax_query,

				);

?>

AND HERE IS WHERE PAGINATION IS DEALT WITH DOWNSTREAM


<?php

	$big = 999999999; // need an unlikely integer
	$paged = (get_query_var('page')) ? get_query_var('page') : 1;
	$myTheme_search_pagination =  paginate_links( array(
		'base' => str_replace( $big, '%#%', esc_url( get_pagenum_link( $big ) ) ),
		'format' => '?page=%#%',
		'current' => max( 1, get_query_var('paged') ),
		'total' => $wp_query->max_num_pages,
		'type' => 'array'
	) );

?>