In his blue jacket and khakis (he always wears the same clothes); this 82 year old man is on his bike everyday pedaling around NYC streets to capture the street style.
Bill Cunningham is a fashion photographer who has two columns on New York Times Style section -started taking pictures for Times in the late 60's- and this documentary is about him.
“Best fashion show is in on the street” he says and adds “I let the street speak to me. And in order for the street to speak to you, you’ve got to stay out there and see what it is!”
It is a very moving and interesting documentary to see, from this man’s very simple self, living in a tiny studio at Carnegie Hall with a small bed and bunch of file cabinets full of film negatives, to his lonely life devoted to his work, taking pictures. I learnt that it took more than 7 years to make this documentary because of Mr. Cunningham’s extremely private and shy personality and first 2 years was all about gaining his trust.
See this film because it makes you laugh (his 90 years old neighbor Editta Sherman is hilarious), brings tears to your eyes, educates you and opens to the doors to a very humble and shy man’s world.
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