Talk:Billy Name/Archives/2013

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"derivation" and obscurity
We read:

Within a short time, Linich became a permanent fixture at the Factory, having taken up residence in the back of the studio at 231 East 47th Street during his trademark silvering of its interior from January to April 1964. With the gift of Andy’s 35-mm single-lens reflex Honeywell Pentax camera and the operating manual in hand, Billy Name taught himself the technical aspects of photography. He had soon converted one of the Factory’s bathrooms into a darkroom where he mastered the methods of processing and developing film. These newly acquired skills, combined with his background in lighting, his innate sense of artistry and his desire to experiment, resulted in the production of an intensive body of work that captured for posterity his “silver years” at the Factory (1963-70).

Billy Name’s close friendship with Andy Warhol and his role as a trusted player in the making of Warhol’s artistic environment gave him the opportunity to focus his keen eye on the scene at the Factory, created by a core group of participants who largely improvised before the camera’s eye, evolving a lively, cutting-edge mise-en-scene. Billy contributed immensely to this atmosphere, as his understanding of theater and lighting was important ...to the essential look itself of the transformed space and silvered walls of the factory. The unique position that Billy assumed gives his photographs a particular immediacy, intimacy and knowledge.

Derived from Billy Name Stills From The Warhol Films; D. Miller; Prestell-Verlag

At the head of the last, short quasi-paragraph, what does "derived" mean?

If it means "summarized", then why the ellipsis ("important ...to the essential look itself") within the preceding paragraph? If it means "quoted", then why no block indentation? (I hope it's not the first-year undergraduate's hazy amalgam of summary and quotation.) Either way, does it refer to the previous one paragraph or two paragraphs?

There's some very strange stuff in this section, e.g. the notion that films require both developing and some other, unspecified "processing", and that one or both of these require a darkroom. (You typically use a changing bag to put a film into a daylight developing tank; no darkroom is needed. You then need a darkroom for printing the negatives.) There's the unsourced assertion of an "innate sense of artistry" (my emphasis). There's "a lively, cutting-edge mise-en-scene", whatever that might mean. There's Linich's keen eye and the camera's eye in horrible proximity. There's an "intensive body of work". Et cetera et cetera. This kind of woolly talk may for all I know be endemic in Warholiana but it doesn't belong in anything claiming to be an encyclopedia. -- Hoary 00:17, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Cleaning up bio and career info
I'm working on cleaning up Billy Name's bio, career history, and bibliography. --Mediologist (talk) 21:01, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

"the birth of the Pop art era"
I infer that BN started as a photographer circa 1963. We read: His images [...] are portraits of the birth of the Pop art era. When was this birth? Pop art -- a feeble article that manages not to give Eduardo Paolozzi even a fleeting mention -- starts "Pop art is a visual art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain", which squares with what I had believed. -- Hoary 23:32, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Birth name?
Billy Name's original legal name is not mentioned in the first part of the article  What was it? brain (talk) 21:47, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

(answer: Bill Linich)

The Story of My Life
I believe the Velvet Underground song "That's the story of my life" (not 100% sure on the title) references Billy Name:

That's the story of my life That's the difference between wrong and right But Billy said that both those words are dead

I'd have to do some research but I'm sure I've read a quote from Lou Reed (the writer of the song) that the Billy mentioned is Billy Name. As I recall the full quote went something like 'That's what Billy told me but he also said I was a lesbian so you have to take these things with a grain of salt.' Tigerman2005 (talk) 04:27, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Songs for Drella
Billy's mentioned once or twice on this album... which is why I looked him up here! It should probably be noted on the page somewhere. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.68.135.137 (talk) 05:03, 31 January 2011 (UTC)