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PHOTOGRAPHER COLIENA RENTMEESTER DIVIDES HER TIME BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK CITY, SHOOTING FASHION, PORTRAITURE, AND TRAVEL. HER PICTURES HAVE APPEARED IN VOGUE, VANITY FAIR, W, NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, ELLE, HARPER’S BAZAAR, M MILENIO, AND GQ. HER ADVERTISING CLIENTS INCLUDE BERGDORF GOODMAN, NEIMAN MARCUS, GOOP, J.CREW, GAP, RALPH LAUREN, BEAUTYCOUNTER, AND MADEWELL, AMONG MANY OTHERS. SOME OF THE CELEBRITIES SHE HAS PHOTOGRAPHED INCLUDE REESE WITHERSPOON, LESLIE ODOM JR., KATE HUDSON, DAKOTA JOHNSON, SCARLETT JOHANSSON, OWEN WILSON, GWYNETH PALTROW, MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, KRISTEN BELL, LILY COLLINS, AND WARREN ZEVON’S LAST PORTRAIT FOR THE NEW YORK MAGAZINE.

AFTER GRADUATING FROM UCLA SUMMA CUM LAUDE, PHI BETA KAPPA WITH A DOUBLE MAJOR IN HISTORY AND ART HISTORY, SHE ASSISTED A COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR AT PROPAGANDA FILMS AND SHOT STILLS FOR FEATURE FILMS, COMMERCIALS, AND MUSIC VIDEOS. SHE EARNED A SCHOLARSHIP TO ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN WHERE HER FATHER CO RENTMEESTER, A FORMER LIFE MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHER, ALSO STUDIED. WHILE IN SCHOOL, SHE BRIEFLY INTERNED AT IRVING PENN’S STUDIO AND STARTED SHOOTING FOR SEVERAL CONDÉ NAST MAGAZINES DEVELOPING A FEMININE, SPONTANEOUS STYLE.

AND LIKE MANY MODERN PROFESSIONALS, RENTMEESTER APPROACHES WORK AS A MULTI-HYPHENATE, COLLABORATING ALONGSIDE HER TWIN SISTER, LE CATCH FOUNDER, MARLIEN RENTMEESTER, WITH BRANDS ON DESIGN, ART DIRECTION, STYLING, AND CURATION VIA THEIR OUI WANT PLATFORM.

COLIENA RENTMEESTER, A NATIVE NEW YORKER, LOVES HER JOB: “PHOTOGRAPHY IS A CREATIVE WAY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CULTURE, HISTORY, AND PEOPLE,” SHE SAYS. “I’M LEARNING EVERYDAY. IT’S LIKE I’VE NEVER LEFT SCHOOL.

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