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About Olson & Farlow

Melissa Farlow and Randy Olson are photojournalists in the documentary tradition. Even though they are published in LIFE, GEO, Smithsonian and other magazines, they have primarily photographed for the National Geographic Society on over 50 assignments that have taken them to 50 countries over the past 20 years.

They normally work individually, but have co-produced National Geographic Magazine stories on Northern California, National Parks and the Alps. They photographed a joint book project on the Southern United States and have collaborated on over 70 books with other photographers that are published by Collins Publishers, National Geographic and others.

Random Journal Excerpt From a Remote Location

gas fumes

This is the worst looking jeep I’ve ever seen and it has four bald tires with two bald spares.  These jeeps were made in Russian factories for the army, and when they didn’t meet specifications, they switched to producing them for the private sector.  Tamasz has to bend something on his door with a screwdriver each time to latch it. There is no accelerator pedal, only a stick in the rusted floorboard.  We’ve got 20 liters of gas sloshing around in the back with all our bags.  The jugs are not very good and there are really bad fumes in the car.  I can’t open my window because it’s bolted in place and the kitty corner window is only held on with one bolt so it flaps around when we're …