Team Eisert

Fondriest is a freelance documentary photographer who resides in the rural hills of the Arkansas Ozarks with her husband, their two children and a flock of animals. She went to the University of Illinois where she got a degree in Natural Resources but it was her journey into motherhood that inspired the development of her documentary photography practice. Terra was a student at MPW in 2017 in Eldon, Mo., which was another major contributing factor to developing Ozark Life into a project. She's gone on to build a freelance career with major U.S. publications and exhibit Ozark Life in both the U.S. and abroad, all while being a cross country coach, a competitive clogger with her daughter, a volunteer photographer for multiple local organizations and getting homemade meals on the table most nights (go moms!). This will be her second year as faculty for MPW. 

Olson is a photographer working in the social-documentary tradition. Often collaborating with his wife, Melissa Farlow, he has spent the past 30 years on assignments in more than 50 countries. Their work has appeared in LIFE, GEO, Smithsonian, and other magazines, though much of it has been produced for National Geographic magazine. Olson and Farlow have also been longtime faculty members at MPW. Olson’s work has often centered on resource extraction and its effects on Indigenous communities and pristine ecosystems. The National Geographic Society published a book of his work in its Masters of Photography series. In 2011, he founded The Photo Society to support National Geographic photographers as the economics of print have declined. Olson is pushing 30 years as being a part of MPW.