Billy Name was the principal photographer of Andy Warhol's Factory. Now, All Tomorrow's Parties reproduces for the first time Billy Name's recently discovered photos of Warhol, his crowd, and the Factory years, images that give the era another dimensions. These color photos with their experimental use of weird color balances and diptych printing are uncannily contemporary. Together with Dave Hickey's essay and Collier Schorr's interview, Billy Name's photos reveal the Factory in all its intimate grunge and glamour. 135 photos, 122 in color.
Interesting if you are a Warhol fan, or an NYC of that era fan, because of who’s in the photographs, but I didn’t find the photos themselves to be anything spectacular.
You can't get more inside than Billy Name in Warhol's Factory world. In fact he lived in the Factory - and to be more specific he lived in the bathroom at the Factory - and to be even more specific he stayed in the locked bathroom without coming out for months (years?). So this collection of photos is the real deal. And they are great photos - Name is a fantastic photographer. Now if only he would put out a book on the inside of the bathroom ....