For other people with the same name, see Ko Rentmeester.
Jacobus Willem Rentmeester (born 28 February 1936), nicknamed "Co" or "Ko", is a Dutch rower. He later became a photojournalist and covered the Vietnam War among other newsworthy events.
After receiving his Bachelor of Arts, Rentmeester initially started his career as a freelance photographer in 1965 for Life Magazine. A short time later, he joined the LIFE Staff from April 1966 thru 1972 when LIFE Magazine folded. He first covered the Watts Riots in Los Angeles, documenting many of the dramatic events, which earned him his first accolades as a photographer.
Between late 1965 and 1969 Rentmeester was in Asia, where he particularly covered the Vietnam war. One of his pictures showed an M48 tank gunner looking through a gunsight. It was selected as World Press Photo of the Year and notably it was the first color photograph to win the award. He was also in Hong Kong during the extensive civil disturbances in 1967.
After Rentmeester was wounded by a Vietcong sniper near Saigon, he returned to the U.S. in 1972. His pictures from a trip through Indonesia were shown in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, and Asia House in New York.
In the following years, Rentmeester worked for numerous major publications as a photojournalist and as an advertising photographer.
1972: Magazine photographer of the Year, School of Journalism, University of Missouri
1973: World Press Photo, 1st prize in category Sports
1976: New York Art Directors Club award for his photo essay on Thomas Jefferson
1979: World Press Photo: 2nd prize in category Color picture stories
1980: Missouri School of Journalism, award for an essay on the U.S. Air Force
2001: KLM Paul Huf Award , Amsterdam The Netherlands
2018: Lucy Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sports Photography
PublicationsEdit
"Three Faces of Indonesia," 1974, Thames & Hudson Ltd.
"Holland on Ice," 1998, First Edition.
'FOOTPRINTS" Co Rentmeester 2007, Uitgeverij de Kunst, Weesp, The Netherlands
ReferencesEdit
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2018. Full name: Jakobus Willem Rentmeester
^Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Doppelzweier)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
External linksEdit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Co Rentmeester.
Official Website Co-Rentmeester.com 2013-08-30 at the Wayback Machine
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