Artist Profile: Billy Name (1940 — 2016)


The photographer Billy Name died yesterday at the age of 76.  A former boyfriend of artist Andy Warhol, Name was responsible for taking pictures of Warhol and The Factory in the 1960s.  His photography serves as a historical record of life in New York’s underground art scene.  You can see a few of his photographs below:

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