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" I started photographing people on the street during World War II. I used a little box Brownie. Nothing too expensive. "
Bill Cunningham
Box
Nothing
People
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" When I'm photographing, I look for the personal style with which something is worn - sometimes even how an umbrella is carried or how a coat is held closed. "
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Sometimes
" I had always been interested in fashion. "
Bill Cunningham
Had
Always
Been
" I made hats until I went into the Army. I was drafted during the Korean War. "
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War
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" I came to New York in 1948 at 19, after one term at Harvard. Well, Harvard wasn't for me at all. "
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" The problem is I'm not a good photographer. To be perfectly honest, I'm too shy. Not aggressive enough. Well, I'm not aggressive at all. I just loved to see wonderfully dressed women, and I still do. That's all there is to it. "
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Loved
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Enough
" I go out every day. When I get depressed at the office, I go out, and as soon as I'm on the street and see people, I feel better. But I never go out with a preconceived idea. I let the street speak to me. "
Bill Cunningham
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Speak
" I go to different places all the time. And I try to be as discreet as I can. My whole thing is to be invisible. You get more natural pictures that way, too. "
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" Everybody else does work - I have too much fun. "
Bill Cunningham
Much
Everybody
Fun
" I just loved to see wonderfully dressed women, and I still do. That's all there is to it. "
Bill Cunningham
Still
Just
Loved
" There's nothing free. Stay independent and don't fall. "
Bill Cunningham
Nothing
Stay
Fall
" If someone is wearing something terrific, that's what I want to photograph. "
Bill Cunningham
Photograph
Something
Someone
" My family all thought I was a little nuts. "
Bill Cunningham
Thought
Nuts
Little
" I'm not interested in celebrities, with their free dresses. I'm interested in clothes. "
Bill Cunningham
Dresses
Free
Not Interested
" I'm not interested in celebrity. "
Bill Cunningham
Interested
Not Interested
Celebrity
" Money's the cheapest thing. Liberty and freedom is the most expensive. "
Bill Cunningham
Freedom
Liberty
Expensive
" I'm a zero. "
Bill Cunningham
Zero
" I took to New York life like a star shooting through the heavens. "
Bill Cunningham
New
Life
Like
" The best fashion show is definitely on the street. Always has been, and always will be. "
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Fashion
Will
Best
" Most of my pictures are never published. I just document things I think are important. For instance, I've documented the gay pride parade from its first days. "
Bill Cunningham
Important
Pictures
Think
" I don't pay attention to celebrities. I don't photograph them. They don't dress so... interestingly. They have stylists. I prefer real women who have their own taste. "
Bill Cunningham
Women
Own
Dress
" The main thing I love about street photography is that you find the answers you don't see at the fashion shows. You find information for readers so they can visualize themselves. "
Bill Cunningham
Information
Photography
Fashion
" Legacy? I'm a worker in the factory; all we care about is today! A legacy... what a bunch of baloney. "
Bill Cunningham
Care
Worker
Factory
" Women have always been a good influence on me. "
Bill Cunningham
Me
Women
Always
" I'm really not good with money, and I don't pay attention. "
Bill Cunningham
Good
Money
Attention