Chas Gerretsen
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Mutual Suspicion
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| Born |
Charles Arthur Gerretsen July 22, 1943 Groningen, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | Photojournalism, Advertising, Documentary |
| Years active | 1967-1989 |
| Awards | Robert Capa Gold Medal |
Chas Gerretsen (born 22 July 1943 in Groningen, Netherlands) is a Dutch-born award winning, war photographer, photojournalist and film advertising photographer. His photographs of armed conflicts, Hollywood films and Celebrity Portraits have been published in most major magazines throughout the world.
Gerretsen left the Netherlands at the age of sixteen and after travelling through Europe for two years, immigrated to Australia in 1961. He first started to take pictures while working as a crocodile hunter in Cape York Peninsula, (Queensland, Australia)
In 1963 he immigrated to the U.S.A., landing in San Pedro, California, and while working as a cowboy in Falfurrias, (Texas, U.S.A.) bought a movie camera and shot his first film footage.
In 1967 he arrived in Singapore and hitch-hiked through Malaysia to Bangkok, (Thailand) and via Kanchanaburi to the Three Pagodas Pass where he spent three months with the pro-U Nu Burmese rebels under the command of General Bo Yan Naing.
He traveled through Laos, Cambodia and entered South Vietnam, on February 14, 1968 with the equivalent of US $0.75 in his pocket.
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