PHOTOGRAPHERS on the street of New York

I’m on the streets every day with my camera……..I never leave home without it.

But there thousands of photographers in New York………all with their cameras………doing the same thing as me……….looking for a unique shot of life in New York.

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BILL CUNNINGHAM…………….New Yorks’s most famous photographer………..covered the Runway Shows, the Ballet Gala, The Met Opera, all of New York’s society events……….and he did this for 60 years.  Twice weekly he did fashion spreads for the New York Times.

Last year Bill passed away………….and is greatly missed on the streets of New York.

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PATTI SMITH…….at Lincoln Center

 

PATTI SMITH……..shows up at the GALA at Lincoln Center…….

PATTI SMITH……………Horses..……..if you can bear it for 9 minutes!

FASHION WEEK NYC • Sept 2015 • Photographers gone wild!

It’s a  frenzy for photographers ……… FASHION WEEK.  Racing about town……trying to catch every runway  in town………….almost 200 shows…………is exhausting to keep up with.

Bill Cunningham…….the most famous fashion photographer in New York………….appears everywhere………..jumping on and off his bicycle………….wearing his famous blue jacket …………..the same one that the street cleaners in Paris wear.  Same jacket for 50 years.  He shoots FILM ONLY…..never digital!

Yes, I am right in there with them………carrying my CARA bag.

PHOTOGRAPHERS / PAPARAZZI…..add to the madness of FASHION WEEK NYC…….. Sept 2014

FASHION WEEK NYC Sept 2014 Runway Shows for SPRING 2015.

This is what it looks like for the runway shows…..inside the Mercedes-Benz Tent.  300 PHOTOGRAPHERS.  Each is allowed one square foot of space.  If the “PIT BOSS” catches your camera covering another photographers camera………you get tossed out!

I was lucky!  I got to sit in the VIP BOX!

 The other photographers just glared at me!

Enjoy the SLIDE SHOW………..I made many new friends this year.

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Out on the plaza at Lincoln Center….it is a lot more fun.  Splash and dash….glitz and glitter.  It is the place I prefer to be.  And the other photographers are a lot more friendly.  We do have fun!

DIFFA / Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS 2014

DINING BY DESIGN 2014!  It is an extraordinary event bringing together the most creative talents in design today…They have brought their passion to the table.  30 fantastic  rooms……….dining…….talking………and finding a way to make a DIFFArence.

For 30 years DIFFA has provided care to those living with HIV and AIDS.

RALPH LAUREN

FLEXFORM by Soren Rose Sponcer for MANHATTAN MAGAZINE

OTTAWA CANADA’S CAPITAL…..Designed by Geoff Howell Studio

KNOLL with Hok

ECHO DESIGN

KRAVAT……..designed by Diane von Furstenberg

MAYA ROMANOFF…….designed by Kara Mann

T MAGAZINE………………The New York Times

STUDIOS Architecture

Background by STUDIOS

BEACON HILL…………..designed by 2Michaels

DESIGNTEX

MARC BLACKWELL New York

PRATT INSTITUTE……….Mentor: Ali Taylor

BARNEYS NEW YORK………Photographs by Bruce weber

LUZE INTERIORS & DESIGN Magazine & Fendi Casa…….Designed by Philip Gorrivan.

FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY…….Mentor: Jes Gordon

ESSIE……….Designed by: Robert Verdi

ARTERIORS

DESIGN WITHIN REACH

CALVIN KLEIN HOME

IA ARCHITECTS & TEKNION STUDIO

DDC……………..Designed by David Ling

NEW YORK DESIGN CENTER………..Designed by Kati Curtis

In Transition……..him, her……….her,him

KEEP IT CLEAN

AXOR NYC………Designed by Slade Architecture

M MOSER ASSOCIATES

GENSLER………..HERMAN MILLER

ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST STUDIOS ARCHITECTURE

GENSLER, Herman Miller

NY FASHION WEEK • 2014• Celebrities……on Parade

There are over 50 celebs here……….too many to bore you with their names………so I’ll let you figure out who they are.  Andie Mac Dowell is easy to recognize.

Just CLICK ON ONE and he or she or he/she will fill your space.

Then there was Joan Rivers……lots of designers from Project Runway…….who doesn’t adore Mondo. The star of “Orange is the New Black”.  Miss Jay from Tyra’s show.  The Hilton sisters……Linda Fargo from Bergdorf’s……..Barbara Walters, Sarah Jessica Parker……..and, of course, Brad the stylist.

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK •Fall 2014• Paparazzi

Everyone asks me what it’s like to photograph FASHION WEEK.  It can be fun.  It can be crazy. Since I do it for the fun…..I am competing with the Professional Paparazzi who are doing this for their living.  Just stay out of their way.  You will get trampled as they chase down a celebrity or model.  They are ruthless.

Here are a few photos of the ones I actually interact with.  The real”nastys” are not included.

Me and my trusty little Panasonic.  And I dressed “chic and trendy”?  WAH! But my cashmere gloves do keep me warm and allow me to push that little button that snaps the photo.  Hey, wind chill was degrees BELOW!

Inside the tent…….where the RUNWAY SHOWS take place…….these are the PAPARAZZI.  I am siting next to them in the VIP booth with my little camera. They are squeezed into the back wall.  If the “floor boss” catches one of them hogging more space…..they get thrown out on their ear..

I just sit there in the private booth with a glass of champagne…….. and grin!

CLICK ON……….there are some cuties and a few nightmares.

This is BILL CUNNINGHAM…the most famous photographer in New York.  He wears this little blue jacket year round …..[ the street cleaners in Paris wear this little jacket]. He travels only by bicycle and covers all the fashion events in NY.  The New York Times prints his photos twice a week.