CUNNINGHAM Bill (Photographer)

The grandfather of street-style photography, Bill Cunningham has chronicled fashion for The New York Times since the late 1970s. He can be spotted _ most likely in his signature cobalt blue jacket _ on a trusty Schwinn bike heading towards 5th Avenue and 57th Street, his preferred corner for shooting. Born in 1929, Cunningham dropped out of Harvard to move to New York City. Initially working in advertising, he went on to write for Women's Wear Daily _ where he picked up his first camera. His first New York Times photos depict Greta Garbo (whose coat he captured before recognizing its owner) and Farrah Fawcett (who, as he didn't own a TV, he didn't know). Today, the private-minded photographer lives in a studio brimming with filing cabinets of his photos, which he develops at one-hour lab. The 2010 documentary Bill Cunningham New York captured the life of one of the city's most endearing and enduring fixtures. 

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