Background
Co Rentmeester (born Jacobus Willem Rentmeester) was born on February 28, 1936, in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
1967
Co Rentmeester in front of his picture, that became World Press Photo of the Year
Photo of ArtCenter's Hillside Campus at night
Co Rentmeester (born Jacobus Willem Rentmeester) was born on February 28, 1936, in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
In early 1961, Co Rentmeester moved to the United States and studied photography at the Art Center College in Los Angeles.
Co Rentmeester was a staff photographer with Life magazine from 1966 to 1972, when Life stopped publishing as a weekly. Since then he has been a contract photographer with Time Inc. In 1974 Co Rentmeester formed Co Rentmeester, Inc., which is still operating.
Co Rentmeester has done many Life magazine essays, his subjects ranging from the Watts riot to the Vietnam war to human-interest stories.
Co Rentmeester was granted him a special award for his coverage of the Watts riots in Los Angeles in 1965. Also in 1979, he won an award from the World Press Photo in The Netherlands. In 1970 Co Rentmeester was the recipient of the Penny-Missouri Award for his Life magazine essay “Snow Monkeys of Japan." In 1967 he won the grand prize in the World Photo Competition for a tank crew photo in Vietnam.
Quotes from others about the person
Philip B. Kunhart, Jr., editor, Life magazine: "For me, the single word that best sums him up as a photographer is 'bold'."
Peter Johannes Bakker (born 4 August 1934) is a rower who represented the Netherlands.
Co Rentmeester competed with Peter Bakker in double scull and won bronze at the 1959 European Rowing Championships in Mâcon, France. Bakker and Co Rentmeester reached the finals in double scull for the Netherlands at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where they came fifth.
