City of the Dead - Cycle of Poverty and Overpopulation



Photo Title

City of the Dead - Cycle of Poverty and Overpopulation

Photographer/Creator

Stan Grossfeld

Collection

Publisher

The Boston Globe

Caption/Description

The refrigerator is empty and does not work, but the television, run on pirated electricity, beams an Olympic wrestling event. The 40-yesr-old woman who occupies this tomb has 11 children -- 'one very two years.'

Citation

Stan Grossfeld, "City of the Dead - Cycle of Poverty and Overpopulation," in POYi Archive, Item #21741, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/21741 (accessed June 11, 2025).

Date Added

07.04.2008