All Tomorrow's Parties [Hardcover]

Collier Schorr (Author), Dave Hickey (Author), Billy Name (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2, 1997

Billy Name was the principal photographer of Andy Warhol's Factory. Now, All Tomorrow's Parties reproduces for the first time Billy Name's recently discovered photos of Warhol, his crowd, and the Factory years, images that give the era another dimensions. These color photos with their experimental use of weird color balances and diptych printing are uncannily contemporary. Together with Dave Hickey's essay and Collier Schorr's interview, Billy Name's photos reveal the Factory in all its intimate grunge and glamour. 135 photos, 122 in color.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Name's grainy, taken-on-the-run, black-and-white photographs have been the inspiration and prototype for a whole generation of photographers who have followed. Moreover, even those who don't recognize his name have some image by him?of downtown hipsters hanging out at Andy Warhol's silver-walled Factory?ingrained in their memory as a nostalgic icon of late 20th-century culture. The prints in this catalog leave a very different impression even while covering the same subject. In 1968, when the Factory moved to its second location and lost its silver walls, Name began taking color photographs, but he only recently rediscovered the film and made prints. Because of aging, the colors are sometimes strange and garish, which only adds to an incredible vitality in these candid portraits. Though the faces are familiar, those washed-out hipsters suddenly look young, naive, and energetic. The chance to have this new view of the Warhol Factory as well as Name's importance to contemporary photography earn this rare collection a place in all photography collections.?Eric Bryant, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers (DAP) (August 2, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1881616843
• ISBN-13: 978-1881616849
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,154,237 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Location, location, ..., September 8, 2005

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calmly - See all my reviews

This review is from: All Tomorrow's Parties (Hardcover)

... location. If you'd been there, you probably could have taken a collection of photographs of at least equal caliber. What matters in these photos is who is in them, with little apparent attention to the construction of the shots.

So if you'd like to see mediocre photographs but of extraordinary 2nd Factory regulars at that Factory as well as Max's Kansas City and Central Park, this may be your book. It may beat looking at nothing, they may bring you back to a special time.

The value for me lies in a 13 page interview with Billy Name. If you are trying to understand the mysteries of Warhol and his Factories, Billy Name would be a great source of information. Think silver.

You can also (September 2005) see Billy Name photos, mostly black and white, at his web site. He also has some interviews there he was the subject of.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Eye Candy to the bone...., July 30, 2000

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muzakmaven "muzakmaven" (WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All Tomorrow's Parties (Hardcover)

The interview w/Billy is great, the pix capture the air of the crowd and the essence of their era...but i wasn't satisfied; it captured the Factory kids but not the factory itself. And the info therein was relatively limited.

i feel this book is meant for appreciation and sheer sight-enjoyment, something to be left as an exclamation rather than an explanation.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best sixties new york color photography-a work of art!, July 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: All Tomorrow's Parties (Hardcover)

a surprisingly refreshing view of the warhol sixties. shots of lou reed and the velvet underground very initmate. name was really decades ahead of current popular art photographers with his brilliant surrealistic color and funky format!