Laura Cunningham Wilson (born October 13, 1939) is an American photographer. Wilson's attraction to photographs started as a young girl, when she became interested in family photographs. Some of her earliest photographs are of her three young sons. 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. Wilson spent six years travelling with Avedon, helping him find subjects to photograph. She also wrote the text for In the American West.  Wilson's work with Avedon helped her become deeply familiar with the West and provided her inspiration for her later projects. Her photographs acknowledge the spectrum of cultures that occupy the West. During the period she worked with Avedon, Wilson arrived at her interest in photographing people outside of mainstream America: "I became interested in men and women who are trying to live an idealized life against the odds."

Wilson has lectured on photography at Harvard University, the International Center of Photography in New York City, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the University of Texas at Austin.