Bashful New York Times Photographer Gets Filmed for Documentary, Profiled on Times' 'Lens' Blog
The New York Times‘ Lens Blog is running a heartwarming profile of Bill Cunningham, the Times‘ 81-year-old “On the Street” photographer.
The hook for the profile is a new documentary on the unassuming Cunningham titled Bill Cunningham New York, which is set to premiere at MoMA tomorrow. The documentary is a decade in the making, and according to the profile, “The first eight were spent trying to get Mr. Cunningham to cooperate.” Humble, hardworking Cunningham, whose lifestyle the Times describes as “ascetic,” didn’t believe that he was worthy of director Richard Press’ attention.
The documentary attempts to mirror Cunningham’s photographic style — discreet, nearly clandestine:
“It was always a dance getting his cooperation, even during filming,†Mr.
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