Randy Olson
The Stories in our Genes
Randy Olson talks about photographing environments that are under threat and shows how many cultures share common ground.
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Stories that have become most important to Randy Olson involve cultures or environments that are under threat, usually from some form of commercial consumption. He has spent his life trying to get into the heads of his photography subjects, so that he can put what they are thinking and feeling onto film. Olson’s…
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no strangers explores the ways cultures express a shared humanity and navigate the circle of life.
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No Strangers: Ancient Wisdom in a Modern World
no strangers explores the ways cultures express a shared humanity and navigate the circle of life.
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Randy Olson
Stories that have become most important to Randy Olson involve cultures or environments that are under threat, usually from some form of commercial consumption.