Laura Wilson
Overview
Donny Baize, J.R. Greene Land and Cattle Company, Shackelford County, Texas, 1997, 1997
Laura Cunningham Wilson is an American photographer. She has completed five books of photography and text: Watt Matthews of Lambshead, Hutterites of Montana, Avedon at Work: In the American West, Grit and Glory: Six-Man Football, and That Day: Pictures in the American West.
Works
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Laura WilsonSunrise over Chinati, 2005Color print on Fuji crystal archive paper71.1 x 101.6 cm -
Laura WilsonCowboys Walking, J.R. Green Cattle Company, Shackelford County, Texas, 1997Gelatin Silver Print25 3/4 by 40 inches
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Laura WilsonCowboys Walking, J.R. Green Cattle Company, Shackelford County, Texas, 1997Gelatin Silver Print25 3/4 by 40 inches
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Laura WilsonDonny Baize, J.R. Greene Land and Cattle Company, Shackelford County, Texas, 1997, 199755 1/2 by 52 inchesEdition 9/10
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Laura WilsonDebutante and Her Maids, 1994Gelatin Silver Print49 1/2 by 71 in
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Laura WilsonWaiting to be Presented, 1994Photography13 x 19 inchesSold
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Laura WilsonHand and Spur, Y-6 Ranch, Valentine, Texas, 1992Archival pigment print45 1/2 by 45 inches
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Laura WilsonSunday Morning: Hats in the Vestibule of the Matthews Memorial Presbyterian Church, Albany, Shackelford County, Texas, 1988Gelatin Silver Print24 by 20 inchesEdition 7 of 10
Biography
Laura Wilson's photographs have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, London's Sunday Times Magazine, and The Washington Post Magazine. She has published six books of photographs: Watt Matthews of Lambshead (Texas State Historical Society, 1989), Hutterites of Montana (Yale University Press, 2000), Avedon at Work (University of Texas Press, 2003), Grit and Glory (Bright Sky Press, 2003), That Day: Picture in the American West (Yale University Press, 2015), and From Rodin to Plensa (Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas, Texas, 2018).
Wilson is currently working on two projects. The Writers: Portraits by Laura Wilson will be published by Yale University press on September 27, 2022. The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin will also feature an accompanying exhibition of over 150 photographs from August 27, 2022 to January 1, 2023. For more information, click here. Making Movies documents directors, cinematographers, and actors behind the scenes.
Wilson was elected to the Philosophical Society of Texas and is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters where she won the Carr P. Collins award. She was also awarded the Royal Photographic Society of England's Book of the Year for Avedon at Work. She currently serves on the board of the Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin, Texas and the Clements Center for Southwest Studies, SMU, Dallas, Texas.
Wilson was inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in 2019.
Laura Wilson is the mother of three sons, Andrew, Owen, and Luke.