Glasgow's Big Issue sellers document their lives – in pictures

Underneath a bridge over the River Clyde, Daniel, a vendor for the Big Issue, takes pictures of places he used to sleep. He is one of six vendors from the street paper who took part in a week-long photography workshop.
Photograph: Matteo Cardin/Photographers for Hope

Daniel's photograph of the bridge that often provides shelter for those who do not have homes. Photograph: Daniel/Photographers for Hope

Joan, a vendor for the Big Issue, does not let her near-blindness stop her from taking pictures. Project organiser David Burnett says: 'We're working with the vendors so they can show what their lives are like, using photography as a tool to do that. Some people are just born with a bit of an artistic sensibility.' Photograph: Matteo Cardin/Photographers for Hope

A photograph by Big Issue vendor Joan, who struggles with her eyesight and often bumps into bollards.
Photograph: Joan/Photographers for Hope

Malky Dunn, a vendor who has recently been allocated a small council flat. He says working with Burnett 'put a spring in his step'. He took more than 100 pictures in his first day with one of the project's cameras. Photograph: David Burnett/Photographers for Hope

Malky Dunn at one of the locations in Glasgow where he used to sleep rough Photograph: David Burnett/Photographers for Hope

A corner in the parking garage where Malky used to sleep. Photograph: Malky Dunn/Photographers for Hope

Robert, a Big Issue vendor, and his friend Laura at home. Photograph: Fariha Karim/Photographers for Hope