Co Rentmeester went to Chapel Hill to photograph Michael Jordan, then just selected to the NCAA All-American First Team and was awarded the Naismith and Wooden College Player of the Year awards; in the manner of a ballet dancer, a pose known as a “grand jetés.”
Month: July 2023
1976 | Thammasat, Bangkok
Thailand always has an undercurrent of political turmoil; the country has always been run by a tight knitted group of bureaucrats, princes, generals, and businessmen, who were reactionary against any slight challenge to their power.
1959 | Dalai Lama in Siliguri
In 1959, the Dalai Lama fled into exile in India after a major uprising against the Communist rule erupted in Lhasa and the Chinese government responded with a violent crackdown.