The cover of the book is an arresting image. A young Black woman looks off into the distance, cigarette in her right hand as she holds a pear in the other. Behind Yvonne, in the distance, a Rapid Response Bio-Clean truck collects trash bags as workers clear the sidewalk of people experiencing homelessness.
“Outside” is Keith Zimmerman’s self-published debut depicting the lives of dozens of people sheltering on the streets of Portland — an experience that he is personally familiar with.
“Portland’s homeless community is a community that I come from,” said Keith, 52, who goes by his artist name, Keith Z. “I was five years into recovery when I first picked up a camera.”…