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cultural anthropologist: a blue French worker’s jacket, khaki pants and black sneakers

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Mr. Cunningham’s uniform was utterly utilitarian: a blue French worker’s jacket, khaki pants and black sneakers.

 

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While at The Times, Mr. Cunningham was both a dedicated chronicler of fashion and an unlikely cultural anthropologist. Credit First Thought Films/Zeitgeist Films

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Mr. Cunningham with Lynn Yaeger, a fashion journalist, in 2012. Credit Skip Bolen/Getty Images

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Anna Wintour, left, and Diane von Furstenberg in 2002. Ms. Wintour was one of Mr. Cunningham's muses. Credit Bill Cunningham/The New York Times

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Mr. Cunningham was awarded the Carnegie Hall Medal of Excellence in 2012.

Bill Cunningham, the street-style photographer who memorialized trends, died on Saturday in New York. He was 87. Credit Dolly Faibyshev for The New York Times

 

Bill Cunningham, Legendary Times Fashion Photographer, Dies

In nearly 40 years working for The New York Times, Mr. Cunningham operated both as a chronicler of fashion and as an unlikely cultural anthropologist. He was 87.

By JACOB BERNSTEIN

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