William John Cunningham Jr. (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) was an American fashion photographer for The New York Times, known for his candid and street photography. A Harvard University dropout, he first became known as a designer of women's hats before moving on to writing about fashion for Women's Wear Daily and the Chicago Tribune .

Jun 25, 2016 · Bill Cunningham, who turned fashion photography into his own branch of cultural anthropology on the streets of New York, chronicling an era’s ever-changing social scene for The New York Times...

Jun 27, 2016 · Cunningham was known for a pioneering, no-fuss brand of street fashion photography that candidly captured what New Yorkers were actually wearing—the good and the bad—from unsuspecting pedestrians to the likes of Iris Apfel and Anna Wintour.

Jun 26, 2016 · Bill Cunningham was a fashion photographer, a street style tastemaker, an anthropologist, and a diarist. More importantly, he was a sort of modern bodhisattva, able to usher us into magic, compassion, and sweet surrender with the click of his camera.

Jun 26, 2016 · For nearly 40 years, shooting for The New York Times, photographer Bill Cunningham chronicled fashion. He was an unlikely cultural anthropologist, according to the newspaper, often parking...

Jun 25, 2016 · Beloved in fashion circles, Cunningham, who is best known for his candid and street-style photography, was a fixture at fashion shows and on the streets of New York where he was often seen...

Jun 25, 2016 · Bill exemplified everything about the fashion world that is to be cherished and celebrated, and he has gifted posterity a unique archive—a document in pictures of half a century of the evolving...

Sep 13, 2018 · Photographer Bill Cunningham democratized fashion by showing that style wasn't dependent on money or status in his photos for The New York Times. He died in 2016 but had secretly written a...

Jun 26, 2016 · Bill Cunningham, the legendary fashion photographer for the New York Times, has died, after being hospitalized earlier in the week following a stroke. He was 87.

William John Cunningham Jr. (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) was an American fashion photographer for The New York Times, known for his candid and street photography. A Harvard University dropout, he first became known as a designer of women's hats before moving on to writing about fashion for Women's Wear Daily and the Chicago Tribune.