Ever wonder what it might be like to be homeless in downtown Olympia?
I estimate that most people here have never spoken with a person living outdoors, in a recreational vehicle or in temporary housing. Most might say it would be uncomfortable, unpleasant, even dangerous.
JM Simpson seeks out conversations with our homeless neighbors. He works to understand them and photograph them, nearly always with permission, and sometimes to write brief profiles about how they came to live here, on the streets, in alleys and on undeveloped properties…