Combination of two SQL queries - mysql

Question

I have two separate SQL queries that I would like to combine to a single one if possible.
Query #1 yields all entries from a table in random order
Query #2 will afterwards check whether or not the result can be used
How can I achieve this in a single step directly in SQL?
Code:
// start with a query for all of the photos, returned in random order
$query = "
SELECT DISTINCT m.mediaID
, m.description
, m.path
, m.alwayson
, m.usecollfolder
, m.mediatypeID
FROM $media_table m
WHERE m.mediatypeID = 'photos'
ORDER BY RAND();
";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die ("$text[cannotexecutequery]: $query");
while( $imgrow = mysql_fetch_assoc( $result ) ) {
// if the picture is alwayson or we are allowing living to be displayed,
// we don't need to bother
// with any further checking
if ($imgrow[alwayson] || $allow_living_db ) {
break;
// otherwise, let's check for living
} else {
// this query will return rows of personIDs on the photo that are living
$query = "
SELECT l.personID
FROM $medialinks_table l
JOIN $people_table p ON l.personID = p.personID
WHERE l.mediaID = $imgrow[mediaID]
AND p.living = 1
";
$presult = mysql_query($query) or die ("$text[cannotexecutequery]: $query");
$rows = mysql_num_rows( $presult );
mysql_free_result( $presult );
// if no rows are returned, there are no living on the photo, so let's display it
if ($rows == 0) {
break;
}
}

Answer 1

SELECT DISTINCT m.mediaID
, m.description
, m.path
, m.alwayson
, m.usecollfolder
, m.mediatypeID
, l.personID
FROM $media_table m
JOIN $medialinks_table l
ON l.mediaID = m.mediaID
JOIN $people_table p
ON l.personID = p.personID
WHERE m.mediatypeID = 'photos'
AND p.living = 1
ORDER
BY RAND();