The most useless person, Bill, the originator of street shooting.

Some people pursue the meaning of living all their lives, and some people know how lucky they are from the beginning.

Bill, at the age of 2 1, dropped out of Harvard University and entered the fashion media industry. Since the 1960s, Bill's lens has been aimed at those beautiful and fashionable people on the streets of new york. In that era when the word "street shooting" didn't exist at all, it was a job that was easily misunderstood and even looked a little obscene. "Your shoes look beautiful" ... Click, and Bill always smiles.

In the fashion world, how powerful is Bill Canning who has no sense of existence?

As for wearing, Bill's outfit will always be the same blue overalls coat-"expensive and beautiful jacket? Oh, my camera will break it. Too wasteful. " For years, Bill's way of working was to ride his bike through Manhattan's busiest Fifth Avenue. Sometimes, for safety, he will wear a reflective vest. On rainy days, he also has a raincoat mended with tape.

Regarding housing, Bill lives in Carnegie Studio, a very narrow room, which is both his home and his studio. There are a lot of filing cabinets around the single bed, and there is nothing that reflects the so-called quality. What's in the cupboard? Movies, of course, movies, all movies. With few clothes, he has no pursuit of food. Bill doesn't have a kitchen at home. He said that he had never cooked in his life.

Regarding money, love and friendship, Bill famously said: If you don't take money, they can't tell you what to do. This is the key ... (If you don't take money, they can't tell you what to do, which is the key ...) This is his way of pursuing pure happiness brought by interest, which has nothing to do with his sense of accomplishment.

When you see his pure life, you will feel how respectable the inner world of the old man is. 74: 19 seconds, mentioning love, family and faith, long silence and eyes dodging, will probably become his permanent secret. People who are not recognized by their families enter the fashion circle and have no close friends around them. But, just like his attitude towards life, the present is good.

Food, clothing, housing, transportation, love and friendship are maintained in a "basic" or even vacant state. According to secular standards, Bill's life seems useless and boring. Compared with ordinary life, Bill's job and interest is to capture and record the beauty, fashion and maverick in the streets and shows. He is still the one who wears basic clothes and can sit next to the fashion devil and watch the show. With some nervousness and shyness, it may not be because of the occasion, but in this busy world, Bill is more like a cautious and serious bystander.

In 1980s, Cunningham had two columns in The New York Times-"Street Fashion" and "Party Time". Street Fashion publishes street photos of new york fashionistas, and party time tells the social scenes of the upper class. As a big-name photographer in fashion, Cunningham shoots New York Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week every year, but Cunningham likes shooting street fashion best.

In his opinion, if the clothes designed can't be worn by most people, he is not interested. When taking photos in fashion week, he still has his own views and attitudes. He doesn't cheer for every dress. Bill can tell at a glance whether this dress is plagiarized or not. Other photographers like to shoot clothes with clean background and perfect front. Bill wants to show every side, every angle, and likes to stand by and shoot. This shoot is really special. There were so many eye-catching clothes in fashion week that the director didn't need a shot. He cut all the shots that Bill took wholeheartedly and laughed. It is also one of the only two places in the film where background music is used. "Many times I may miss some shots, but I will still try to shoot."

New york is really a complicated city. There is a famous saying, if you love someone, send him to new york, because it is heaven; If you hate someone, send him to new york, because it's hell. It is easy for this metropolis to merge two extreme things. For example, on Fifth Avenue, which is famous for selling luxury goods, there is a LV store here, and there is a booth selling fake LV bags across the street. This mixture creates an almost absurd interest, which makes you feel that the city is omnipotent.

Many people regard being photographed by Bill as a great honor, and many people disdain being photographed. Bill cares about clothes, not stars. Just as Catherine is photographed by many paparazzi, Bill thinks she is dressed in general. All this makes people feel a balanced atmosphere.

I find it difficult for a person to describe himself. Sometimes we live in other people's opinions and evaluations. In a nearly closed community, norms are not so much used to uphold justice and maintain order, but rather play a mandatory role in rejecting dissidents and supporting homogenization. Growing up in such an environment, the so-called free choice is actually just a rhetorical question with limited options and standard answers.

It suddenly occurred to me that on Christmas Day, in the busy streets of new york, a girl, dressed in exquisite clothes and makeup, walked in an elegant and leisurely manner similar to Samantha in Sex and the City. She was not embarrassed by her unusual clothes, and no one looked at her too gorgeous clothes. I think that's why Bill is in new york, and that's why new york has a bill.

Share some favorite clips:

27:50

Close-up sigh expression, the expression of raising her hand, how can she manage to have lunch?

38:20

Stick to Carnegie Studio with Bill, two lovely people, jealous of shooting. When she put on her hat and looked back, it was simply beautiful. The overbearing manner in her later years is not difficult to remind people of her sweetness and personality charm when she was young. They are like the last shadows of Carnegie Studio. The director kept a large proportion of her in the film, probably because he missed these artists.

Lovely old man, I also know that few people have Buzz with me, so I can only continue to do what I want.

68:03

You won't miss the award ceremony, will you? Seek the existence of beauty, and you will find it.

I just want to tell the truth, but it's almost impossible in new york. It's really hard to keep an honest attitude in new york. Although fashion is insignificant in the turbulent overall situation, it seems to me to be a refuge from real life. If there is no fashion in my life, it is as if human civilization has not started.

Pure, what a yearning mood.