From 1968 till 1970 I covered the wars in South Vietnam and Cambodia. In 1976 I was asked by Francis Ford Coppola to photograph the making of ‘Apocalypse Now’. I worked for six months on location in the Philippines; afterwards, Lee Beaupre, the marketing director, wrote in a press release that my photographic career had come full circle; from “Real to Reel”.

The 130 images in this photo-book were chosen out of more than 1900 color slides. These images had lain untouched for over thirty years in the air-conditioned vaults of the Nederlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam

Limited Edition of thirty

Book:

Photography:   © Chas Gerretsen - Courtesy Zoetrope Corp.

Text: © Chas Gerretsen

Book-Publisher:              Prestel Verlag, Munich – London – New York, 2021

Graphic design:              -SYB-   Den Haag

Clamshell box and envelope for prints, both handmade:

Case and envelope:       Liesbeth Visser | Brown Cartonnages | Arnhem

Silkscreen printing:     Plaatsmaken, Arnhem 

Box dimensions: length 366 x width 292 mm, spine: 38 mm

Envelope size:  356 x 286 mm

Graphic design:              -SYB-   Den Haag

Inside the envelope are three signed, dated & numbered prints:

Prints by:               Hans Bol, Oij

Printed on:                         Hahnemuehle Photo Rag Baryta | 315gsm

Paper size                          280 x 350 mm

Print size                             220 x 330 mm

Production:                       Monika Pfandzelter