Chicago Suntimes: These are some of the faces of homelessness in Chicago, captured by Jeffrey Wolin

Andon K., Chicago 2018

By Mark Brown   Feb 4, 2022, 11:00am CDT

When photographer Jeffrey Wolin began work four years ago on a project about people experiencing homelessness in Chicago, he worried for a time that his concept would be obsolete before he could finish.

Surely, this country would soon step up to solve the homelessness crisis, he thought.

In his new book, “Faces of Homelessness,” Wolin betrays no lingering naivete about quick solutions as he explores the scope and depth of this deeply entrenched social problem.