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Fashion is a mirror, reflecting the culture. Bill Cunningham
Fashion Culture Mirror Reflecting
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. Bill Cunningham
Sometimes Style Closed Worn Carried Photographing Something Look How Umbrella Personal Which Personal Style Held Coat Even
There's nothing free. Stay independent and don't fall. Bill Cunningham
Free Fall Nothing Independent Stay
I started photographing people on the street during World War II. I used a little box Brownie. Nothing too expensive. Bill Cunningham
War People World Nothing Too Photographing Box Expensive Little Used Street Started World War World War II
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
Love Fashion You Photography Find Visualize See About Main Main Thing Readers Answers Information Themselves Shows Street Thing
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 Pay Pay Attention Photograph Dress Attention Real Celebrities Taste Real Women Prefer Them Interestingly Who
I made hats until I went into the Army. I was drafted during the Korean War. Bill Cunningham
War Army Made Hats Until Korean Korean War Drafted
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. Bill Cunningham
Time You Natural Try Too Way More Invisible Pictures Go Discreet Get Different Places Different Places Whole Thing
I'm really not good with money, and I don't pay attention. Bill Cunningham
Good Money Pay Pay Attention Attention Really
Legacy? I'm a worker in the factory; all we care about is today! A legacy... what a bunch of baloney. Bill Cunningham
Today Care About Factory Bunch Legacy Worker
I just loved to see wonderfully dressed women, and I still do. That's all there is to it. Bill Cunningham
Women See Dressed Still Wonderfully Just Loved
I had always been interested in fashion. Bill Cunningham
Fashion Had Always Been Interested
My family all thought I was a little nuts. Bill Cunningham
Family Thought Nuts Little
I took to New York life like a star shooting through the heavens. Bill Cunningham
Life Took Through New Like Shooting York Heavens New York Star
The most pivotal moments in people's lives revolve around emotions. Emotions make stories powerful. Brandon Stanton
People Emotions Powerful Most Make Around Revolve Stories Pivotal Moments Lives
In July of 2010, I lost my finance job in Chicago. Instead of updating my resume and looking for a similar job, I decided to forget about money and have a go at something I truly enjoyed. I'd purchased a semi-professional camera earlier that year and spent my free time taking photos in downtown Chicago. Brandon Stanton
Finance Time Resume Money Job Free Looking Year Lost Spent Photos Purchased About Similar Something Free Time Instead Taking Go Camera Truly Chicago July Updating Forget Decided Downtown Enjoyed Earlier
I am interviewing people with a spirit of genuine interest and compassion, and therefore, the general tone of the site is one of genuine interest and compassion. The moment that culture changes, 'Humans of New York' is no longer viable. Brandon Stanton
Culture People Compassion Changes Interviewing Spirit General Longer New Genuine Am Site York Viable New York Interest Moment Therefore Tone Humans
I've always felt like an artistic person. I can't draw or paint or sculpt. I never really had technical skills, but I've always felt like I appreciate really beautiful things, and part of taking a good photograph is being able to recognize beauty. Brandon Stanton
Beautiful Good Beauty Draw Recognize Photograph Able Never Had Part Taking Like Beautiful Things Felt Always Person Artistic Being Really Sculpt Skills Paint Technical Things Appreciate
'Humans of New York' did not result from a flash on inspiration. It grew from five years of experimenting, tinkering, and messing up. Brandon Stanton
Result Inspiration New Messing Years Up Five Did York Tinkering New York Flash Grew Experimenting Humans
It's such a different spectrum of tragedies when you talk to people in developing countries. Brandon Stanton
You People Developing Developing Countries Countries Talk Tragedies Different Spectrum
I am a huge fan of biographies. What I'm always looking for is a story. I want a story I have never heard from anyone else. Brandon Stanton
Looking Else Never Always Am Heard Huge Huge Fan Want Anyone Fan Anyone Else Story Biographies
You know you are an artist if you appreciate beauty. Brandon Stanton
You Beauty Know Artist Appreciate
If I had sat around and waited until I had an idea to be a successful photographer, I would still be in finance. Brandon Stanton
Finance Photographer Would Had Idea Until Around Still Waited Successful Sat
I struck upon this kind of crazy idea that I was going to go to New York and stop 10,000 people on the streets and take their portrait and create kind of a photographic census of the city. Brandon Stanton
Crazy People Kind Photographic City Struck Take Idea New Go York Going Stop New York Census Create Streets Portrait
I think that even though some of the things on 'Humans of New York' are kind of very personal and very revealing, I think the discomfort with sharing that tends to be overwritten by the appreciation of being able to distill the experience of your life into a story and share it with other people. Brandon Stanton
Life Appreciation Experience People Think Other Though Kind Able Some Tends Share Sharing New Revealing Discomfort Very Personal York New York Being Story Your Even Things Humans
I'm a believer in the ordinary person, that the ordinary person is just as important and has an equally unique perspective on the world as someone who is famous or perhaps more privileged. Brandon Stanton
World Perspective Important Someone More Perhaps Equally Privileged Person Just Famous Ordinary Ordinary Person Who Unique Believer
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