The image of the impoverished immigrant, whether depicted being jammed with others in the trunk of a car or ducking through the underbrush to reach the border, has become a cultural meme.
LIKE much of post-Communist Europe, Budapest has replaced the image of the impoverished East with symbols of international luxury, like the Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace and a new branch of Nobu, the high-end Japanese restaurant.
The image of an impoverished worker in torn flip-flops, perilously perched on a rickety ladder, speaks volumes about class divisions in a country that threatens to become a narco-state dominated by a wealthy criminal elite.
The image of the impoverished writer scratching out their masterwork in a freezing garret remains as true today as it was a century ago, according to a new report commissioned by Arts Council England (ACE), which revealed that collapsing sales, book prices and advances mean few can support themselves through writing alone.
Under pressure from constituents, legislators tightened the statute twice, favoring the towns, but some communities have accepted multifamily housing of any kind only in recent years, and for some residents the term "affordable" conjures up a nasty image of indolent, impoverished transients.
His images of the impoverished, often filthy, sometimes deranged-looking inhabitants of the areas around Johannesburg and Pretoria in South Africa make the walls bristle.
PRODUCER -- Guerra DeBerry & Company ON THE SCREEN -- The television commercial opens with black-and-white images of an impoverished barrio: a rundown house, a sorrowful man sitting on a curb, a lonely boy walking among the weeds that have sprouted under a bridge.
(Jaunted) Everyday Africa From the mundane shots he took on his iPhone, a photographer discovers an Africa far different from the image of a war-torn, impoverished continent.
NIAMEY, Niger, Sept. 21 - The images coming out of this impoverished, West African nation have been unrelentingly grim: hungry children with stick-thin arms and swollen bellies, mothers carrying babies hundreds of miles to look for food after a poor harvest and high prices put local staples out of reach.
By the time the foundation selected Equatorial Guinea for its 2012 summit, it had garnered a dubious reputation for its lavish parties, an image that clashed with the realities of impoverished African nations.
