Billy Name: The Silver Age, Black & White Photographs from Andy Warhol's Factory

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Condition
Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
ISBN
9781909526174
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Reel Art Press The Limited
ISBN-10
1909526177
ISBN-13
9781909526174
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201683170

Product Key Features

Book Title
Billy Name: the Silver Age : Black and White Photographs from Andy Warhol's Factory
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Topic
Individual Photographers / Monographs, Individual Artists / General, General, Subjects & Themes / Celebrity
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, Photography
Author
Brigid Berlin
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.8 in
Item Weight
106.8 Oz
Item Length
12 in
Item Width
10 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-514390
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
This massive volume covers 1964-68 with images of the usual suspects we can't get enough of and obsess over: Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, Nico, Edie Sedgwick and Bob Dylan. Put this on the gift list for young and old alike., His photographs - he took thousands, in a moody, high-contrast black and white - did more than just capture Warhol's retinue, his "superstars": Edie Sedgwick, Brigid Berlin, Gerard Malanga, Mario Montez, Mary Woronov, Ondine, and Bibbe Hansen. They also documented the larger scene around the Factory, including fellow artists like Ray Johnson, Jasper Johns and John Cage; the members of the Velvet Underground; the filmmaker Barbara Rubin; and admirers like Bob Dylan and Salvador Dalí., His photographs he took thousands, in a moody, high-contrast black and white did more than just capture Warhol s retinue, his superstars : Edie Sedgwick, Brigid Berlin, Gerard Malanga, Mario Montez, Mary Woronov, Ondine, and Bibbe Hansen. They also documented the larger scene around the Factory, including fellow artists like Ray Johnson, Jasper Johns and John Cage; the members of the Velvet Underground; the filmmaker Barbara Rubin; and admirers like Bob Dylan and Salvador Dalí., His photographs - he took thousands, in a moody, high-contrast black and white - did more than just capture Warhol's retinue, his "superstars": Edie Sedgwick, Brigid Berlin, Gerard Malanga, Mario Montez, Mary Woronov, Ondine, and Bibbe Hansen. They also documented the larger scene around the Factory, including fellow artists like Ray Johnson, Jasper Johns and John Cage; the members of the Velvet Underground; the filmmaker Barbara Rubin; and admirers like Bob Dylan and Salvador Dal_., His photographs - he took thousands, in a moody, high-contrast black and white - did more than just capture Warhol's retinue, his "superstars": Edie Sedgwick, Brigid Berlin, Gerard Malanga, Mario Montez, Mary Woronov, Ondine, and Bibbe Hansen. They also documented the larger scene around the Factory, including fellow artists like Ray Johnson, Jasper Johns and John Cage; the members of the Velvet Underground; the filmmaker Barbara Rubin; and admirers like Bob Dylan and Salvador Dal., Not only do Name's gritty, over-exposed shots give an insider's perspective on Warhol, but they document an iconic era in American art history., There are few others that got a better, or closer look in to the mysterious goings-on of Warhol s Factory. Lucky for us, Andy gave Billy a Pentax Honeywell 35mm camera, with which he documented all that he saw during his time living in a tiny closet in the studio., Name photographed everything and everyone, for the most part candidly, though there are a few posed compositions. This gives the book a powerful feeling of a documentary, of being in the moment with Warhol and his band of artists as they created their own counter-cultural universe., His photographs -- he took thousands, in a moody, high-contrast black and white -- did more than just capture Warhol's retinue, his "superstars": Edie Sedgwick, Brigid Berlin, Gerard Malanga, Mario Montez, Mary Woronov, Ondine, and Bibbe Hansen. They also documented the larger scene around the Factory, including fellow artists like Ray Johnson, Jasper Johns and John Cage; the members of the Velvet Underground; the filmmaker Barbara Rubin; and admirers like Bob Dylan and Salvador Dalí., There are few others that got a better, or closer look in to the mysterious goings-on of Warhol's Factory. Lucky for us, Andy gave Billy a Pentax Honeywell 35mm camera, with which he documented all that he saw during his time living in a tiny closet in the studio., His photographs -- he took thousands, in a moody, high-contrast black and white -- did more than just capture Warhol's retinue, his "superstars": Edie Sedgwick, Brigid Berlin, Gerard Malanga, Mario Montez, Mary Woronov, Ondine, and Bibbe Hansen. They also documented the larger scene around the Factory, including fellow artists like Ray Johnson, Jasper Johns and John Cage; the members of the Velvet Underground; the filmmaker Barbara Rubin; and admirers like Bob Dylan and Salvador Dal.
Dewey Decimal
779.092
Synopsis
This breathtaking tome is the definitive and comprehensive collection of Billy Name's black-and-white photographs from Warhol's Factory. Name's photographs from this period (1964-68) are one of the most important photographic documents of any single artist in history. Name lived in a tiny closet at the Factory. He was responsible for the legendary "silverizing" of the space using aluminum paint and foil to complete the instillation. When Warhol gave Name a Pentax Honeywell 35mm camera, he took on the role of resident photographer and archivist. This visual essay, produced in collaboration with Billy name, offers an extensive trip through Warhol's world. Name photographed the day-to-day happenings at The Factory with Andy, including visits from Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, Nico, Edie Sedgwick, Ivy Nicholson and Bob Dylan, and filming Screen Tests and features such as Chelsea Girls , Vinyl and My Hustler . "Billy's book will go down in history as the best book about Warhol ... he] invented the term 'Factory Foto.' He was the first and he was the last Factory photographer. Period." -Gerard Malanga, This is the definitive and comprehensive collection of Billy Name's black and white photographs from Andy Warhol's Factory. Billy's photographs from this period (1964-68) are one of the most important photographic documents of any single artist in history. Billy was responsible for the legendary 'silverizing' of the Factory and, when Andy gave him a camera, he took on the role of resident photographer. Featuring images of artists like Lou Reed, Nico, Edie Sedgwick, Bob Dylan and many more, this volume offers an extensive trip through Warhol's world., The definitive and comprehensive collection of Billy Name's black and white photographs from Andy Warhol's Factory., This breathtaking tome is the definitive and comprehensive collection of Billy Name's black-and-white photographs from Warhol's Factory. Name's photographs from this period (1964-68) are one of the most important photographic documents of any single artist in history. Name lived in a tiny closet at the Factory. He was responsible for the legendary "silverizing" of the space using aluminum paint and foil to complete the instillation. When Warhol gave Name a Pentax Honeywell 35mm camera, he took on the role of resident photographer and archivist. This visual essay, produced in collaboration with Billy name, offers an extensive trip through Warhol's world. Name photographed the day-to-day happenings at The Factory with Andy, including visits from Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, Nico, Edie Sedgwick, Ivy Nicholson and Bob Dylan, and filming Screen Tests and features such as Chelsea Girls , Vinyl and My Hustler . "Billy's book will go down in history as the best book about Warhol ... [he] invented the term 'Factory Foto.' He was the first and he was the last Factory photographer. Period." -Gerard Malanga
LC Classification Number
TR655

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