»Chas Gerretsen, des Krieges müder Kriegsreporter (...) träumte vom Frieden als Setfotograf. Dann fotografierte der in Coppolas Herz der Finsternis - den Film als Krieg.« Welt am Sonntag
Chas Gerretsen was born in Groningen, The Netherlands, in 1943. Gerretsen was a war photographer, photojournalist, and film set photographer. His photographs of armed conflicts, Hollywood films and celebrity portraits were published in most major magazines, including Time, Newsweek and Rolling Stone magazine. Gerretsen's work will be shown in a major retrospective at the Netherlands Photo Museum in the summer of 2021.