The term 'revolutionary' is often thrown about in the photography world. But in the case of Bill Cunningham (1929-2016) it's more than justified. Born in Boston, he brought street photography to the masses through his work for the New York Times as a fashion photographer. Now The New York Historical—a history museum and library on the Upper West Side, founded in 1804—has acquired his complete archive.
The collection encompasses approximately 600 linear feet of material, including tens of thousands of photographs, negatives, slides, contact sheets, prints, correspondence and ephemera. In short, it's one of the most comprehensive records of street photography ever assembled, documenting the evolution of fashion from the late 1960s through to the 2010s.
