SHOWstudio: Photographing William S. Burroughs - Spare Ass Annie

Simon recalls the story behind 'Spare Ass Annie', the image used for Burroughs' spoken word album of the same name that was released in 1993 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 Image copyright Kate Simon Image Copyright Kate Simon