Bill Cunningham New York (2010) NYT Critics' Pick

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Bill Cunningham at work during a Fashion Week show in Chelsea, in Richard Press's documentary “Bill Cunningham New York.”
Capturing a ‘Look at Me’ Milieu With Impish Modesty
By CARINA CHOCANO
Published: March 15, 2011

A few moments into the film “Bill Cunningham New York,” its subject — the legendary street-fashion photographer and society chronicler for The New York Times — is seen darting into the maw of Midtown traffic, unconcerned about the threat of death by taxi. Fast, intensely focused and apparently able to tune out all but the shot he’s after, Mr. Cunningham calls to mind a war photographer, which is an unlikely thing for an 82-year-old fashion photographer to call to mind. More