A UNIQUE photography exhibition has been created in Glasgow to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the country’s best-known charities.

A partnership between Shelter Scotland and The Glasgow School of Art has been struck to bring for the first time a demonstration of the work done across the country to remove Scots from the grips of homelessness.

The exhibition has been created by student photographers from the department of Communication Design to tell the story about the work Shelter do in Scotland today, the people they support and the impact of the current housing crisis.

Graeme Brown, director of Shelter Scotland, said: “We are delighted to have partnered with The Glasgow School of Art on this exhibition which has been created by student photographers from the department of Communication Design at The Glasgow School of Art.

“It tells the story about the work we do in Scotland today, the people we support and the impact of the current housing crisis.”

The event comes as part of a series of events to mark the golden occasion, with events taking place across the country.

Campaigning work will also be given a focus throughout the calendar.

However, the charity also hit out at the current state of Scotland’s housing crisis, the effects of which are show starkly in the exhibition itself.

Shelter Scotland’s director added: “This exhibition is part of a series of events to mark our 50th anniversary – which we aren’t celebrating as we shouldn’t really exist.

“In 1968, Shelter Scotland was founded to campaign against the very visible housing problems in Scotland. And while the slum housing of the 1960s is long gone, we still face significant housing challenges, which are less visible, but they are there nonetheless.

“The portraits in this exhibition are some of the people who are being affected by Scotland’s housing crisis. These are people we have helped to rebuild their lives and some who are now helping others rebuild their lives.”

“Far too many people’s lives are still being devastated by an acute shortage of affordable social homes, harsh welfare reforms, stagnant wages and the prohibitive cost of keeping a roof over their head. Last year our housing support services helped more people than ever before.

“The scale of the housing emergency is significant – 38 children lose their home every day and every 18 minutes a household loses its home in Scotland. These statistics illustrate the scale of the housing crisis, but it is the human story behind these numbers that has been captured in many of the photos in this unique exhibition.”

The work itself has been put together by six students currently studying at the Glasgow School of Art, with services in Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee, Paisley and Glasgow all shown in the photographers’ works.

However, the photographs also tell a story, with most honing in on the experiences of individuals or small groups who have worked with or on behalf of Shelter across Scotland.

Andy Stark, a communication design tutor at The Glasgow School of Art, said: "The partnership between Shelter Scotland and the photography students from the Dept of Communication Design at The Glasgow School of Art, culminating in this exhibition, has been a great success and an invaluable learning experience.

"The work Shelter do is something that really resonates with the students. Indeed, poor housing conditions, rising rents and rogue landlords are unfortunately too often a problem that students encounter.

"Through this documentary project these photographers have been introduced to a broad variety of Shelter’s work across Scotland and in doing so they have endeavoured to communicate through their respective photographs a series of ‘stories’ that illustrate the incredibly important work this charitable organisation does fifty years after it was set up."

To be held in the Mitchell Library, the exhbition launches tomorrow morning and runs until Saturday, December 8.

All of the work, including the stories told by those involved, are also available online before the show travels across the country, making stops Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and Dumfries as part of Shelter’s 50th anniversary.

Photographs by Yeong Yao Ting, Melissa Mitchell, Izzy Leach, Erin Brown, Keri Hannah and Jack Mercer.