Unmasking New York Times Photographer Bill Cunningham One Frame at a Time

COMPLETELY FRAMED: Inclined to spend 10 hours outdoors each day shooting and to cover 16 or 17 parties a week, New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham amassed a slew of photographs. Nearly three years after the photographer’s death at the age of 87, his friends Steven Stolman and former coworker John Kurdewan offered a slide show celebration of his life Wednesday night at the Museum of the City of New York. Along with the runway shots and on-the-town party pictures, there were numerous images of the always-smiling street photographer on and off duty. Stolman said The Times is doing “an extraordinary retrospective coffee table book” titled “Bill Cunningham’s New York,” which is due out this fall. Meanwhile, Kurdewan has an “amazing collection of memorabilia, personal photographs, letters, Post-it notes and other keepsakes from working with Cunningham that would make for a compelling story, Stolman said. The photographer’s archives prior to 1993 are owned by his family, and those post-1993 belong to The Times, he added. His total estate reportedly was valued at $4 million. Wednesday’s crowd also saw photos of Cunningham’s sparse loft where boxes of files and contact sheets were the main decor. Flashing photos of Cunningham clowning around with relatives, and

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