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Sat 05 May 2007The Name behind the FactoryBilly Name's 1960s photographs of the Factory, which he set up with Andy Warhol, are showing in Cork this month. He tells Brian O'Connellwhy he is always happy to recall a 'historic period''So you wanna know about Andy, right?" comes the 67-year-old voice down the line from Poughkeepsie, upstate New York. For seven years of his life, Billy Name (aka Billy Linich) got about as close to Andy Warhol as anyone did. Friend, lover, confidant, artistic compatriot and Factory resident, Name is responsible for many of the iconic photographs of the Factory days, and nights, capturing the likes of Edie Sedgwick, Nico, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan and, of course, Warhol himself.