Nancy L Abrams
1953 St. Louis, Mo.
For more than 16 years, Nancy Abrams worked as a reporter and photojournalist for small newspapers in the rural, Appalachian communities around Preston County, West Virginia. Abrams’ life and work personify the classic American outsider - a feminist, professional story-teller dropped into a closed society with narrowly defined gender roles. Abrams covered diverse subjects from military exercises, local politics and the coal industry to crime, accidents, natural disasters and even the weather. Abrams’ archive comprising 25,000 photographic negatives is an important and poignant archive of Allegheny culture in transition.
Nancy's sensitive treatment of her subjects and her stories capture a universal humanity with extraordinary dignity. Her photographic perspective has been compared to the work of Dorothea Lange, Lewis Wickes Hine and Walker Evans - who worked extensively in Preston County in 1935.
Pool Hall Boys, 1982, Newburg West Virginia
19" x 13" overall, 11" x 17" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Dailey Kelly Farm, c. 1986, Terra Alta West Virginia
19" x 13" overall, 14.75" x 11"image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Memorial Day c. 1986, Grafton West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Coal Miners at Reliable Mine #1, c. 1979, Reedsville, West Virginia
19" x 13" overall, 17" x 11" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Woman and Stove, c. 1975, West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Children on Train Tracks, c. 1976, Terra Alta, West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Mountaineer Tavern, Parade Viewing, c. 1975, Bruceton, West Virginia
19" x 13" overall, 17" x 11" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
King Buckwheat & Queen Ceres, c. 1983, Kingwood, West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Jesse Calvert's Field, c. 1976, Rodamer, West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Coal Miners at Reliable Mine #2, c. 1979, Reedsville, West Virginia
19" x 13" overall, 17" x 11" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Kids on Bikes, c. 1976, Rowlesburg, West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
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Haymaking, Prison Road, c. 1986, Bruceton, West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
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Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Flood Damaged Road, c. 1985, Rowlesburg, West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Girl Watching, c. 1976, Terra Alta, West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Stella Elliott at 100, c. 1976, Albright, West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Watching Buckwheat Festival Parade, c. 1983, Kingwood, West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
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Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Junior Deputies, c. 1975, Bruceton Mills West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Doc Harriman, Preston County, c. 1974, Kingswood West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Jessie Calvert at Well, c. 1976, Rodamer West Virginia
19" x 13" overall, 17" x 11" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Haymakers, c. 1975, Terra Alta West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Uncle Oren, Ox, Passenger, c. 1977, Independence, West Virginia
19" x 13" overall, 17" x 11" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Girl Running, c. 1982, Newburg, West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Fighting Boys at Circus, c. 1976, Terra Alta, West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Miners at Portal of Reliable Mine, c. 1979, Reedsville, West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Kids Walking on Railroad Tracks, c. 1978, Rowlesburg, West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Mr. Blosser, Gene's Tavern, c. 1986, Morgantown, West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Flood Victim in Temporary Housing, c. 1985, Rowlesburg, West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Mrs. Olivia Shaffer, 4th of July, c. 1978, Terra Alta, West Virginia
19" x 13" overall, 17" x 11" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Crowm Bearers, c. 1983, Kingwood, West Virginia
13" x 19" overall, 11" x 17" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.
Wilford with Weed, c. 1980, Salt Lick Road, West Virginia
19" x 13" overall, 17" x 11" image size
Digitally remastered archival ink jet prints from originals - on Canson Platine fibre rag. Unnumbered edition.
Signed lower right with title and remarks en verso.