SHOWstudio: Photographing William S. Burroughs - The Bunker, NYC 1979

Kate Simon gives details of the type of camera and lighting equipment that she used to shoot William S. Burroughs in The Bunker Image Copyright Kate Simon Artist Kate Simon photographed William S. Burroughs over a 20 year period and produced an intimate body of portraiture of the writer. To mark Burroughs' centenary in 2014, SHOWstudio Shop has hosted a solo exhibition of these widely unseen shots. In this series of interviews, Simon explains each image to SHOWstudio Shop's associate director Niamh White and sheds some light on her relationship with her notorious subject