Photographer Billy Name had unparalleled access to Andy Warhol, The Factory, and the entourage. Print Matters are proud to present photographs from 1964-68 in limited edition, exhibition-grade silkscreen and silver gelatin prints.

Billy Name's photographs from 1964-1968 are considered one of the most significant visual records of any artist's career. These images capture Warhol’s most crucial period, offering a glimpse into the daily life and creative processes at The Silver Factory.

In 1964 Warhol, impressed by Billy Name’s apartment on the Lower East Side, enlisted him to decorate his new loft which would become the iconic Factory studio. For six months in 1964, Billy lived in a tiny closet at the Factory, undertaking the legendary ‘silverizing’ project that gave the studio its infamous “the Silver Factory” title. Billy covered every inch in silver foil or silver spray paint. Upon completion, Warhol gave Billy a Pentax Honeywell 35mm camera, appointing him as the resident photographer and archivist.

Billy’s photographs document the Factory's daily life from 1964 onwards, including artwork creation, the filming of Screen Tests, and features like Chelsea Girls, Vinyl, and My Hustler. His images also capture Factory regulars, including Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, Nico, Edie Sedgwick, and Bob Dylan.

Billy Name left the Factory in 1970, abandoning most of his possessions, including the film negatives. After Warhol’s passing in 1987, the Warhol Foundation reached out to Billy offering to return his original negatives. Once returned, Billy began producing silkscreen prints from them in an homage to Warhol.

Print Matters now presents an exclusive collection of limited edition, exhibition-grade prints of Billy’s seminal portraits of Warhol’s world.