Meet LIFE staff photographer—and Olympic rower—Co Rentmeester. Born in Amsterdam in 1936, Rentmeester has lived a fascinating life, creating some of the most renowned photographs of the past century. To see the work of this living legend, check out:
What Meets the Eye: The Photography of Co RentmeesterWritten By: Bill SykenRentmeester was born in Amsterdam, and as a rower he represented the Dutch in double scull at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. He then came to America and eventually enrolled as a student at thein Los Angeles. While taking classes he connected with the Time Inc.
by the World Press Organization. He was working on a story about how American tanks were having a hard time navigating the marshy Vietnamese landscape, and during one bogdown he went inside a tank with a gunner and snapped a picture that captured life inside: a glimmer of light coming through the tank’s optical aiming device and illuminating the eye of a gunner covered in sweat and grease.
He went to Japan to photograph a study being done of snow monkeys on Mt. Shiga, of interest not just for their rarity and appearanceThe snow monkeys’ rituals included bathing together in the hot springs. “I just spend four and five days waiting for the snow monkeys to come out of mountains,” he says, and his patience was rewarded as the monkeys eased themselves into the hot springs, creating a memorable cover shot.
The year was 1984, and Rentmeester went to Chapel Hill, N.C., to photograph basketball star Michael Jordan. He set up on a hillside that would give him a clean skyline, and while he was waiting for Jordan to appear, Rentmeester’s team mowed the hillside and bought a portable basketball hoop from a toy store that they set up on the hill. When Jordan arrived on the set, Rentmeester asked Jordan to jump straight up while holding a basketball aloft.
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