• Randy Olson / MPW.60
  • PHOTO BY CATALIN ABAGIU / MPW.60
  • Randy Olson
  • Freelance, National Geographic
  • The 60th Missouri Photo Workshop | St. James, Mo.
  • Randy Olson, POYi's Magazine Photographer of the Year for 2003 and Newspaper Photographer of the Year for 1992, has spent the last dozen years working for National Geographic Magazine. He is one of only two photographers to win the title in both media.

    Olson was also awarded An Alicia Patterson Fellowship to support a seven-year project documenting a family with AIDS. His story on problems with Section 8 housing earned him a Robert F. Kennedy Award. He was awarded the Nikon Sabbatical grant in 1996. The Pittsburgh resident is a graduate of the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri.