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“The wider world perceives fashion as frivolity that should be done away with. The point is that fashion is the armour to survive the reality of everyday life. I don’t think you can do away with it. It would be like doing away with civilization.” – Bill Cunningham

After recently wanting to find out more about prominent photographers as part of my own learning process, a local independent theatre was showing a film about a street fashion photographer by the name of Bill Cunningham. I purposely didn’t research Cunningham prior to the showing as I wanted to watch with no expectations or bias going in.

Bill Cunningham works out of New York City and has been doing so since around the 1960’s just when street fashion was really booming. He has made a huge contribution to fashion photojournalism with his photos of celebrities & socialites as well as passers-by wearing…