Lora Webb Nichols: Heap-O-Livin’
A photobook by Wyoming photographer and diarist Lora Webb Nichols (1883-1962).
Heap-O-Livin’ features a selection of images by Nichols, who created and collected approximately 24,000 negatives and 65 years of diaries throughout her lifetime in the town of Encampment. In addition to the industrial and economic aspects of this sparsely populated ranching and copper mining town, Lora’s images and diaries documented the lives of the girls and women within private households. Despite the inherent isolation created by geography, the long, brutal winters, and the patriarchal ideology that undervalued the role of women in Encampment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a robust female-led community emerged that provided a network of spiritual and emotional support. This support was cultivated through the habitual visits of immediate and extended family and friends to each other’s homes during their transition from children to wives and mothers. In Nichols’ sphere, these visitations often involved the act of picture-making. Lora took photos of their lives as mothers and homemakers, but also of their joy in each other's company.
‘Heap-O-Livin’’ is following the sold-out book ‘Encampment, Wyoming’.
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Title: Heap-O-Livin’
Artist: Lora Webb Nichols
Editor: Nicole Jean Hill
Publisher: Fw: Books, 2025
Format: Softcover
Size: 215 × 280 mm
Pages: 192
Language: English
Edition: First edition
ISBN: 9789083451091