Photographing William S. Burroughs

Launched on 14 March 2014

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, Simon explains each image in a series of interviews with Curator and SHOWstudio Shop's Associate Director Niamh White and sheds some light on her relationship with her notorious subject.

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