Laura Wilson

[sasah zib]

(was at the Amon Carter,Oct 29, 2015) An old video, presented because of recent references to Avedon.


video is about Ms. Wilson's method of picturing; what she learned working for Richard Avedon on his massive project for the Amon Carter.
Her bio/web:

https://laurawilsonphotography.com/BIO 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).

 

[Sirius Glass]

Thank you for introducing me to another photographer and her work which are much different from mine. Somethings to enjoy and learn.

 

[GregY]

Laura Wilson's Avedon at Work: In The American West is a terrific book

 

[Pieter12]

Laura Wilson's Avedon at Work: In The American West is a terrific book

Plus she gave us Owen Wilson.