AN artist has told how sharing memories of the Glasgow fair with his 93-year-old gran at the end of her life was the inspiration for a moving photographic project.

Roscoe Thomson travelled to Salcoats, Bute, Rothesay and Millport to "recapture" and re-imagine her memories using a vintage 35mm camera and black and white film.

The 30-year-old cared for his granny, Agnes Kane, a former nurse, in the final years of her life and says sharing the memories gave her comfort during her final days and helped the pair forged an even closer bond.

Trips would very often be a trip "doon the watter" and many businesses and factories in the west of Scotland would close for Fair Fortnight, held in the last two weeks of July.

He has liked the pictures to family heirlooms because he has turned memories into something tangible.

Roscoe said: "I visited as many of the places as possible to re-create her memories.

"I cared for my gran for a few years before she died. That is how the project really developed.

"That's what really got her engaged. She didn't want to live again but she didn't want to die.

"She was an auxilliary nurse at the Western Infirmary.

"I made the same journeys and took the same routes.

"It seems strange to talk about memories as objects but the pictures are almost like family heirlooms."

The Glasgow-based artist has also told how turning to photography has helped him cope with depression and anxiety.

He said using the techniques of developing in the darkroom was a calming antidote to the immediacy of mobile phone images.

He said: "I got into taking photographs after a long period of depression. My brother bought me a camera.

"Just taking photos was a way to stay connected with reality but also taking myself out of it. Almost like putting on a mask.

"I get so engrossed when I'm doing it. There isn't the instant appeal. I have to develop the film, go through all the processes. It's a form of creative therapy."

All the images for 'A Glasgow Fair' are available to view on Roscoe's website at www.thomsonroscoe.com