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William George Linich (February 22, 1940 – July 18, 2016), known professionally as Billy Name, was an American photographer, filmmaker, and lighting designer. He was the archivist of The Factory from 1964 to 1970.
Jul 22, 2016 · Billy Name, who became Warhol’s lover, muse and court photographer, leaving behind a monumental visual record of the 1960s art world in and around the Silver Factory, died in Poughkeepsie...
Billy Name, who died aged 76 on July 18, was “William Linich” when he met Andy Warhol in the late ’50s.
Jul 18, 2016 · Billy Name, the primary architect, foreman, and archivist at Andy Warhol‘s Factory, and a photographer who used his camera to immortalize its denizens, has died at 76.
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Apr 23, 2024 · Meaning & History. Diminutive of Bill. A notable bearer was the American outlaw Billy the Kid (1859-1881), whose real name was William H. Bonney. Others include filmmaker Billy Wilder (1906-2002), actor Billy Crystal (1948-), and musician Billy Joel (1949-).
Jul 18, 2016 · Billy Name, the photographer who immortalized the silver madness of Warhol’s factory in the 1960s, died on July 18, 2016. He was 76 years old. Milk Studios, a New York City gallery that has shown Name’s work, confirmed news of his passing, as did Dagon James.
Jul 19, 2016 · It was a fortuitous day in 1959 that Billy Name (né William Linich Jr.) met Andy Warhol —for both parties involved. Warhol went on to famously rename the Poughkeepsie, New York native, took him as a lover for a brief time, and posted him as in-house photographer at the Factory during its prime.
Jul 19, 2016 · Billy Name Self-Portrait at 33 Union Square West, 1968. The last year Billy Name lived at Andy Warhol’s Factory, he was a ghost.
BILLY NAME (b. William George Linich, 1940–2016) was a photographer, lighting designer, and poet best known for “silvering” Andy Warhol’s Factory and for his photographs taken there between 1964–1970.
Jul 22, 2016 · Billy Name, born William Linich Jr. in 1940, not only captured Andy Warhol’s retinue of “superstars” but also documented the larger scene around the Factory in his thousands of moody, high ...
