She has completed seven books of photography and text: Watt Matthews of Lambshead (1989), Hutterites of Montana (2000), Avedon at Work: In the American West (2003), Grit and Glory: Six-Man Football (2003), That Day: Pictures in the American West (2015), From Rodin to Plensa: Modern Sculpture at the Meadows Museum (2018), and The Writers: Portraits by Laura Wilson (2022).

"[7] Wilson's son Owen credits his and his brothers' comfort in front of a camera to being frequently photographed by their mother.

[7] Wilson's professional career was launched in 1979 when Richard Avedon hired her to assist with his exhibition and book In the American West, which was commissioned by the Amon Carter Museum.

[18] Wilson has completed seven books of photography and text: Watt Matthews of Lambshead (1989) is a photographic essay about one of the last Texas cattlemen.

Matthews lived his entire life on the famous Lambshead Ranch, located west of Fort Worth.

The girls were in long, colorful dresses, like Christian LaCroix, the boys in white shirts and black pants.

[23] “In this jewel of a book, Laura Wilson reveals the energy and thrill of the six-man game and the visceral, rough-edged culture in which it is played and cherished.” That Day: Pictures in the American West (2015) includes photographs in the American West accompanied by Wilson's observations from the time each photograph was taken.

"[24] Andrew R. Graybill, Director of the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, noted that the book "combines her talents for capturing the West's enduring and romantic myths, from legendary cattle ranches to dramatic panoramic vistas, as well as its bleak realities, whether undocumented migrants crossing the Rio Grande or life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Large- and small-scale works by Jacques Lipchitz, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi and Claes Oldenburg can be seen on the Museum's welcoming outdoor plaza, while important figural sculptures by Auguste Rodin, Aristide Maillol and Alberto Giacometti are on display within the Museum.

Through her photos and accompanying texts, she gives us vivid, revealing glimpses into the everyday lives of such luminaries as Rachel Cusk, Edwidge Danticat, David McCullough, Haruki Murakami, and the late Carlos Fuentes and Seamus Heaney, among others.

At once inviting and poignant, the book reflects on writing and photography’s shared concerns with invention, transformation, memory, and preservation.