Billy the Kid Billy the Kid Billy the Kid (born Henry McCarty September 17 or November 23, 1859July 14, 1881, also known as William H. Bonney) was an American Old West outlaw and gunfighter who killed eight men before he was shot and killed at age 21. He took part in New Mexico's Lincoln County War, during which he allegedly committed three murders. McCarty was orphaned at age 14. The owner of a boarding house gave him a room in exchange for work. His first arrest was for stealing food at age 16 in late 1875. Ten days later, he robbed a Chinese
Brian McCarty at the Luigi Pecci Centre for Contemporary Art and "KON©EPT", the first major photographic exhibition in Zagreb after the Croatian War of Independence. McCarty worked as an in-house photographer for Mattel Toys (1999-2002), primarily on the Hot Wheels brand of toys. In 2003 McCarty founded the photo studio McCarty PhotoWorks in West Hollywood, California. Through the studio, McCarty created collaborative work with a number of well-known artists from the Art-Toy and Pop Surrealist movements, including Mark Ryden, Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, Joe Ledbetter, Amanda Visell, Michelle Valigura, Greg "Craola" Simkins, FriendsWithYou, Andrew Bell, Jeremy Fish, Luke Chueh, Mario “MARS-1” Martinez,