Bill Cunningham A Street-Style Photographer For The New York Times Dies At 87

The passing of a legend.

Cwho memorialised so many trends and fashion movements over the years, has died. He was 87 years old.

He had been hospitalised recently, and had suffered a stroke prior to his death.

Cunningham, pictured above in the 1970s, worked for the Times for nearly 40 years as a photographer. He meticulously chronicled fashion trends and effectively became a cultural anthropologist in doing so.

With his work, he also captured broader societal trends through fashion — as the Times themselves put it, through capturing the essence of Americans' movement from formality in fashion into a more individualistic, diffuse aesthetic.

Forty years of incredible, passionate work will be duly missed.

RIP, Mr. Cunningham.