Self-taught photographer who captured the essence of Andy Warhol’s FactoryBilly Name,who has died aged 76, was a self-taught photographer who chronicled the early years of Andy Warhol’s recent York City studio, or the Factory. Warhol,who gave Name his first camera and encouraged him to shoot snatched portraits and fly-on-the-wall shots of such Factory luminaries as Edie Sedgwick, Viva, and Nico and Candy Darling,later said: “Billys photos were the only thing that ever came close to capturing the feel of the 1960s … Factory.”When I interviewed Name final year, he said: “I didn’t consider myself a photographer until much later when people started appreciating the work. I wasn’t influenced by any photographer and I hadn’t looked at any books or museum shows. I just took the camera when Andy handed it to me and said: ‘Here, and Billy,you finish the stills photography.’ I went to the store soon afterwards and got the manual for the camera.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com