Poor

From the 1970s I've seen and photographed a perfect storm of cuts, closures, attacks on trade unions and political policies carefully crafted to transfer ever more of the national income away from the powerless and into the offshore pockets of the powerful. This trickledown of poverty hits the old and poor hardest.

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Shelter for homeless people in disused office block in Whitechapel, London, UK run by Crisis at Xmas, a charity.
Shelter for homeless people in disused office block in Whitechapel, London, UK run by Crisis at Xmas, a charity.
Street Porter 1
Street Porter 1
Homeless people receive soup, food and sandwiches from charity van run by St Mungo Community, Waterloo, London, UK.
Homeless people receive soup, food and sandwiches from charity van run by St Mungo Community, Waterloo, London, UK.
Woman_Alcoholic_1
Woman_Alcoholic_1
Old woman scavenges among rubbish left over after the fruit & vegetable market in Brick Lane.
Old woman scavenges among rubbish left over after the fruit & vegetable market in Brick Lane.
Disabled homeless man sleeping in a doorway in San Francisco, California, USA.
Disabled homeless man sleeping in a doorway in San Francisco, California, USA.
34-131 Itinerant knife grinder, Bethnal Green, around 1980.
34-131 Itinerant knife grinder, Bethnal Green, around 1980.
Retired old lady gardening in her back yard.
Retired old lady gardening in her back yard.
Homeless heroin addict begging from commuters in London Bridge station.
Homeless heroin addict begging from commuters in London Bridge station.
Homeless woman pushing a trolley with her belongings on the street in San Francisco, California, USA.
Homeless woman pushing a trolley with her belongings on the street in San Francisco, California, USA.
Homeless woman sitting on the street in San Francisco, California, USA.
Homeless woman sitting on the street in San Francisco, California, USA.
Homeless woman with bags and bundles of possessions on public bench in Hyde Prk, London, UK.
Homeless woman with bags and bundles of possessions on public bench in Hyde Prk, London, UK.
Homeless mentally ill woman pushing a trolley loaded with old clothes, furniture, bric-a-brac, clothing, blankets, rubbish & ...
Homeless mentally ill woman pushing a trolley loaded with old clothes, furniture, bric-a-brac, clothing, blankets, rubbish & her dog. St Pauls, London, UK.
Homeless alcoholics mingle with office workers at lunch time in Lincoln's Inn Fields, UK.
Homeless alcoholics mingle with office workers at lunch time in Lincoln's Inn Fields, UK.
Homeless schizophrenic man on the street
Homeless schizophrenic man on the street
Easington, Durham 1989. British coal dump colliery waste directly into the sea smothering life on the sea bed & blackening be...
Easington, Durham 1989. British coal dump colliery waste directly into the sea smothering life on the sea bed & blackening beaches. Unemployed ex miners scratch a living collecting coal washed up on beach. © David Hoffman phone +44 (0)20 8981 5041, fax +44 (0)20 8980 2041, email lib@hoffmanphotos.com NUJ & BAPLA recommended terms & conditions apply. Moral rights asserted under Copyright Designs & Patents Act 1988. Full terms and conditions for digital and traditional use available on request. Credit is required. No part of this photo to be stored, reproduced, manipulated or transmitted by any means without permission.
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