What is Billy Name?
{{Infobox artist | name = Billy Name | image = Billy Name (Greenman) by David Shankbone.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Billy Name | birth_name = William Linich, Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|2|22}} | birth_place = [[Poughkeepsie, New York]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|7|18|1940|2|22}} | death_place = Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. | nationality = American | field = photographer, filmmaker, lighting designer, archivist | training = | movement = | works = | patrons = | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = }} '''Billy Name''' ('''William Linich, Jr.''', February 22, 1940 &ndash; July 18, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] [[photographer]], [[filmmaker]] and [[lighting designer]]. He was the [[archivist]] of the [[Warhol Factory]], from 1964 to 1970.<ref>{{cite news |title=In Search of an Archive of Warhol’s Era |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/arts/design/09billy.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date= January 8, 2010 |access-date=2010-01-10 | first=Randy | last=Kennedy}}</ref><ref>[http://www.irvinecontemporary.com/otherExhibitions.php?eventID=44 Celebrity Portraits from the Warhol Factory Years] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201171722/http://www.irvinecontemporary.com/otherExhibitions.php?eventID=44 |date=2009-02-01 }}, exhibition and catalog from the Irvine Contemporary gallery, Washington, DC.</ref> His brief romance and friendship with [[Andy Warhol]] led to collaboration on Warhol's work, including his movies, paintings and sculpture. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category-inline|Billy Name}} * {{Official website|http://billyname.net }} *[http://www.warholstars.org/indfoto/ibilly.html Warholstars.com profile of Billy Name] {{DEFAULTSORT:Name, Billy}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:American photographers]] [[Category:LGBT people from New York (state)]] [[Category:People from Poughkeepsie, New Y