Billy Name, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Billy Name

American photographer, filmmaker and lighting designer

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1940

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 18-Jul-2016

Profession: photographer, artist, lighting designer, director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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.
His brief romance and subsequent friendship with Andy Warhol led to substantial collaboration on Warhol's work, including his films, paintings, and sculptures.
Linich became Billy Name among the clique known as the Warhol Superstars.
He was responsible for "silverizing" Warhol's New York studio, the Factory, where he lived until 1970.
His photographs of the scene at the Factory and of Warhol himself are important documents of the pop art era.In 2001, the United States Postal Service used one of Billy Name's portraits of Warhol when it issued a commemorative stamp of the artist.
Name also collaborated with Shepard Fairey with his photograph of Nico, singer with the Velvet Underground and part of the social circle of Warhol's Factory.
He photographed the covers for the Velvet Underground's White Light/White Heat and their eponymous third album as well as the photographs in the gatefold sleeve for The Velvet Underground and Nico (in collaboration with fellow Warhol associate Nat Finkelstein).