Like with many people, sometimes we haven't heard of them while they were alive.
Looking at his photography, it seems a class of it's own, especially reading the news article, they say "Bill Cunningham, who turned fashion photography into his own branch of cultural anthropology on the streets of New York".
Had anyone here on GFY seen his images before now?
full story
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/st...ies-at-87.html
RIP to a charismatic photographer.