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An elderly homeless man walks slowly past a Barclays Bank cash dispenser at which business people are either queueing or typing in their PIN numbers from cash accounts, or simply passing-by. One middle-aged gent stands eyeing the poor man suspiciously while other men of wealth, prospects and prosperity are tall and stand erect in smart suits and polished shoes, the homeless man is hunched and dishevelled, carrying a supermarket bag - perhaps containing all of his worldly goods. It is a tragic scene of extremes between the haves and the have-nots; the rich and poor; between people with hope and those in despair. This is the City of London, near Fenchurch Street Station where the UK's insurance companies are based and it is impossible to know if any of these men in smart clothes are the same age as the poor man.

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Image Size: 5370x3537 / 4.7MB; www.bakerpictures.com; England Britain UK business concepts diversity environmental issues corporate economics economy financial finance health medical news people relationships work fate career job crowd ignorance distance gap community population unconcerned youth elderly downbeat Bridge commuters beaten humiliating poor society future prospects difference contrast life survival existence ignore impoverished poverty down and out culture have and have not earning money wealth gap passers-by London Great Britain EU Europe English British GB capital city urban disadvantaged overcome bent unfortunate homeless downtrodden bank cash-dispenser hunched wealth uncaring humbled pavement sidewalk street social status status class division suits stability unstable ruined parallel universe cash dishevelled worldly-goods extremes hope despair tragic gentelmen gent suspicion pity pitifiul age humanity thought respect
Contained in galleries: Street Pictures (large edit), Nineties City of London, Urban

An elderly homeless man walks slowly past a Barclays Bank cash dispenser at which business people are either queueing or typing in their PIN numbers from cash accounts, or simply passing-by. One middle-aged gent stands eyeing the poor man suspiciously while other men of wealth, prospects and prosperity are tall and stand erect in smart suits and polished shoes, the homeless man is hunched and dishevelled, carrying a supermarket bag - perhaps containing all of his worldly goods. It is a tragic scene of extremes between the haves and the have-nots; the rich and poor; between people with hope and those in despair. This is the City of London, near Fenchurch Street Station where the UK's insurance companies are based and it is impossible to know if any of these men in smart clothes are the same age as the poor man.