Randy Olson

Olson was the Magazine Photographer of the Year in the Pictures of the Year International (POYi) competition and was also awarded POYi’s Newspaper Photographer of the Year — one of only two photographers to win the largest photojournalism competition in both media since the second World War. While working at The Pittsburgh Press, Olson received an Alicia Patterson Fellowship in support of a seven-year project documenting a family with AIDS, and a Robert F. Kennedy Award for his story about Section 8 housing issues.