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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first published collection of photographs by the icon of street style, bringing together favorites published in The New York Times alongside never-before-seen work across five decades.

“A dazzling kaleidoscope from the gaze of an artist who saw beauty at every turn.”—André Leon Talley

Bill Cunningham’s photography captured the evolution of style, of trends, and of the everyday, both in New York City and in Paris. But his work also shows that street style is not only about fashion; it’s about the people and the changing culture.

These photographs—many never before seen, others having originally appeared in The New York Times and elsewhere—move from decade to decade, beginning in the 1970s and continuing until Cunningham’s death in 2016. Here you’ll find Cunningham’s distinctive chronicling of the 1980s transit strike, the rise of 1990s casual Fridays, the sadness that fell over the city following 9/11, Inauguration Day 2009, the onset of selfies, and many other significant moments.

This enduring portfolio is enriched by essays that provide a revealing portrait of Cunningham and a few of his many fascinations and influences, contributed by Cathy Horyn, Tiina Loite, Vanessa Friedman, Ruth La Ferla, Guy Trebay, Penelope Green, Jacob Bernstein, and a much favored subject, Anna Wintour. More than anything, On the Street is a timeless representation of Cunningham’s commitment to capturing the here and now.

“An absolute delight.”—People

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“Bill Cunningham: On the Street is the work of a great anthropologist and fashion genius. Through his skilled eyes and his camera lens, he chronicled a half-century of fashion, capturing the high road, as well as the man or woman, in the fashion parade of daily life. This book is a dazzling kaleidoscope from the gaze of an artist who saw beauty at every turn.”—André Leon Talley, Vogue contributing editor

“On the Street helps fill the void left by Bill’s absence. His voice and his vision are very much alive on these pages, and the pictures and words are possibly even more potent the second time around. Remarkably, even though Bill’s images meticulously and wittily document fashion trends, the photographs never seem dated. We have in this book the New York we want to believe in, a magical metropolis where every resident, of every species, and even the flowers blooming in the park, have bewitching style. With this survey of his work, organized both chronologically and thematically, we finally see ourselves as Bill saw us—as a proud and restless tribe of exhibitionist-voyeurs.”—Amy Fine Collins, Vanity Fair special correspondent

“This book is so inspiring, not only for the incredible fashion and images that Bill captured, but also for celebrating his decades-long commitment to the genre of street style.”—Scott Schuman, The Sartorialist

“The history of fashion is actually the history of fashion photography, and in that respect, Bill Cunningham is our Herodotus.”—Judith Thurman, staff writer and cultural critic at The New Yorker

“Pure joy and an absolute must for fashion lovers and Cunningham fans.”—Booklist (starred review)

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Bill Cunningham was an American fashion icon and photographer for The New York Times from 1978 to 2016, known for his candid and street photography. Before capturing the Times’s attention with a candid of Greta Garbo, Bill was a designer of women’s hats, then a fashion writer for Women’s Wear Daily and the Chicago Tribune.

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by TIINA LOITE, former photography editor, The New York Times Styles section

Bill Cunningham was a photographer, yet he always liked to insist he wasn’t. “I’m not a real photographer,” he would say. “I’m a columnist who writes with pictures.”

I knew and worked with Bill for more than thirty years as a photo editor at The New York Times. When I was asked to select and organize his work for this book, I did not kid myself about what that would involve. Bill worked seemingly around the clock, virtually every day of the year. My rough guess was that the number of photographs to research would equal the number on the national debt clock. As it turned out, I was pretty close.

I began in familiar territory, with the tens of thousands of pictures Bill took for The Times, starting in the 1970s. This process was painstaking, months-long, and made more difficult by the paper’s database, which the years, moves, and human foibles had left incomplete. But to gain a full understanding of Bill’s range, it was important to look carefully at as many of the photos as were accessible, both those that had been published and those that had not.

And then there was Bill’s own personal archive, which is the fashion world’s equivalent of King Tut’s tomb. He kept this massive trove in his apartment, and after he died, it was transferred under the care of his niece, Trish Simonson, to an art-storage facility in Rockland County, just north of New York City. There, file cabinets and boxes—so numerous that forklifts are required to transfer them to a hangarlike room for viewing—overflow with prints, negatives, contact sheets, correspondence, clippings, notebooks, and more. Some drawers are so packed with files that they are nearly impenetrable.

What struck me most while searching through this remarkable material was that Bill was a man who absolutely loved his job. Was it even really a job? I think it was just Bill. More important, he understood the relevance of his work. The folders containing his negatives are also packed with layouts and absolutely every other piece of paper pertaining to that week’s column. When I looked at shots of blizzards from the 1970s, for example, he had noted how many inches of snow had fallen and how fast the wind was blowing. When I looked at the shots from a luncheon, even the printed menu and Bill’s phone message slips remained. All this supplemental material seemed to be more than notes to himself. I felt like it was there to benefit those who might look through this collection in the future, as I was now. Bill knew; Bill always knew.

He was famous for not spending much money on cameras—or bicycles, or clothing, or even file folders. Many of the “folders” in his cabinets were simply large envelopes that colleagues had discarded. When The Times went digital and eliminated its photo lab, Bill continued to use film, taking it to a one-hour developer. He was encouraged to consider digital cameras, with colleagues even bringing technicians to the office to tutor him, but he would always mysteriously disappear when they arrived. Eventually, though, when the number of one-hour labs around the city dwindled, he finally surrendered.

So how to go about choosing what is to appear in this book? First, I had to accept that many wonderful images would be omitted—many of these images were missing and still I could have filled thousand-page volumes with what was available. Second, I knew that no matter what, some people would be upset by what is left out. Third, I tried to not have Bill be one of them.

His signature in his On the Street column in The Times was a large number of small photographs illustrating a particular theme, which varied from issue to issue. He focused on the ensemble, or on a specific part of it, a hat perhaps, or a shoe. Bill also photographed things around the city to accent or accessorize his layouts—yellow daffodils to run alongside a layout of yellow clothing, for example. To him, the more pictures, the more densely packed the page, the better. He loved cropping, as seen at left, and shoehorning as many photos as he could into those layouts. It brought a look of mischievous glee to his face, even as he would then say, “This is all just filler around the ads, kids.”

But in looking at the totality of his photographs (or at least something relatively close to it), I found so many images that were wonderful just as they were, no cropping needed. The approach for this book was to let his photographs be photographs, so we see the trees for the forest. While photos of similar styles are still grouped together—reminiscent of the column—the reader can see how the images play off of one another, how they play off of images on the facing page. Many pages have only one photo on them (OK, Bill’s probably not happy). This book is not a collection of Bill’s columns. It is a collection of his photographs.

Because Bill Cunningham was a real photographer.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Clarkson Potter; NO-VALUE edition (September 3, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1524763500
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1524763503
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.63 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10 x 1.23 x 11.5 inches

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Quality book does justice to this dedicated photographer

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Bought this as a gift for our son. Absolutely stunning photos. Cool coffee table book

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Cute and interesting book

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I bought it as a decor book. It is smaller than I thought, but enough to make a good presence in the decoration I expected!

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Beautiful photography throughout the decades

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Absolutely gorgeous photos of folks throughout the decades and different fashion styles. I use it a ton as a reference book for illustrations!

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Excellent print and image quality.

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A great photographer documenting the ever changing style seen in the streets of New York City over several decades.

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A bit out of fashion!

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Just a bunch of newspaper clippings. A lot of the styles are out of fashion now. But great for a look back in time of what people actually wore.

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Bought this for a gift. Lost it in my office. Hopefully I find it soon.

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I bought this as a Christmas gift last year but couldn't find it once I started wrapping gifts. Decided it would be a great birthday gift. Still couldn't find it so I had to buy something else for a birthday gift. As February rolled around I thing how great it was I already had a Valentine's Day gift to give. Alas, I still couldn't find the book. I hoping I find the book soon so I can give it as an anniversary gift. If not it will make a great Christmas gift this year.

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wonderful book

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I loved this book!! Photos were incredible and i poured over every word!!

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Pionnier et maître de la photo de rue, joli recueil qui complète le documentaire consacré à B Cunningham

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Fantastic Visual Walk through NewYorks slice of Humanity

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cunninghams picture essay over a span of many years is a visual feast of newyorks famous,wannabe famous and more, he had such a great talent and eye for a great picture, very entertaining book,i purchased this for my wife but ive thoroughly enjoyed looking through it too.

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Reviewed in Brazil on October 23, 2019

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Acompanhei o trabalho do Bill Cunningham no NYTimes por vários anos. Sua sensibilidade sempre me inpirou. Este livro foi a minha melhor chance de rever seu trabalho e ter comigo boas lembranças de um dos melhores street photographers que já conheci.

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Bill would be proud

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