Heap-O-Livin’ Collections de « Temple de la

de « Temple de la Nature »

» Xavier Robel

la photographie en couleurs était considérée comme un «art de piètre qualité»

These utilitarian vehicles provide a fertile canvas for the vernacular artists whose color-saturated creativity covers every spare surface

ni celles d’un ethnologue

Heap-O-Livin’ Collections de « Temple de la'Heap O Livin' features a selection of images by Wyoming photographer and diarist Lora Webb Nichols (18831962). Nichols 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, Loras images and diaries documented the lives of the girls and women within private households.