Learning to See: The World of Insects (2016)
One man's tranformational journey to find the Amazon's strangest creature.
68 min
Struggling with a mid-life crisis, Robert Oelman leaves his psychology career in the early 1990s to photograph rare and exotic insects. After moving from the United States to Colombia, he forms a special bond with his subjects in the Amazon rainforest. This connection enables him to make striking photographic images of new and undocumented species. After more than 20 years of traveling, searching, and photographing, his quest culminates with a New York City gallery show where he finally shares his images with the public.
- Release date
- March 13, 2016
- Country of origin
- United States, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia
- Music
- Lawrence Shragge
Trailer
Cast
- Robert Oelman as Self
- Christian Lopez as Self
- Angela Di Bello as Self
- John Heraty as Self
- Doug Inkley as Self
- Laura Daniela Lopez as Self
- Stuart McKamey as Self
- Kathy Meagher as Self
- Bradford Oelman as Self
- Elizabeth Oelman as Self
Crew
- Jake Oelman · Director
- Jerry Aronson · Writer
- Jerry Aronson · Producer
- Jake Oelman · Producer
- Lawrence Shragge · Composer
- Tom Lembcke · Cinematographer
- Jake Oelman · Cinematographer
- Jake Oelman · Editor