In 1964 Warhol was creating his famous coloured portraits of celebrities and was then working on 5 canvases depicting one of America’s darling, Marilyn Monroe. Dorothy Podber, a friend of Billy Name a Factory regular, came by and discovered the paintings. Podber, who was a photographer, asked Warhol if he agreed that she shot them. Expecting that Podber would take pictures of the work Warhol gave his ok but instead of hearing the usual click of a camera he heard 4 gunshots. Shooting bearing the double meaning of photographing and firing a gun Podber had played on words … Warhol banned the photographer from the Factory. At that time, Podber was drifting away from photography to go into performance art. Contemporary artist Laurence De Valmy shares this anecdote, and others, in her unique Post paintings – you can check it out here.