April 1975
Phnom Penh – Saigon

On April 30, 1975, a Willys jeep carrying members of the GRP (Provisional Revolutionary Government)
crosses Saigon to announce the arrival of North Vietnamese tanks.

© Hervé Gloaguen  / Gamma Rapho

FROM OCTOBER 7 TO NOVEMBER 11

Curators : Gary Knight, Jon Swain

Phnom Penh – Saigon is an exhibition that examines the work and lives of journalists who covered the end of the wars in Cambodia and Vietnam in April 1975. After more than a decade of conflict, the Second Indochina War ended rapidly and caught many by surprise, even the victorious Khmer Rouge and North Vietnamese Army. Few could divine the undercurrents of war better than the journalists reporting from the frontlines for years. Yet, when the end came, it happened so fast that life-changing decisions about whether to stay or evacuate had to be made in a matter of hours. While some scrambled to board the last helicopter out, others raced to airports in neighboring countries to board the last plane in. Some left their lovers and lives behind, when many of those who stayed became legends while witnessing the most remarkable story of the age. Others died trying, including 31 Cambodian journalists killed by the Khmer Rouge. These are their stories.

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Hôtel du Doyen
Rue Lambert-Leforestier

Open everyday from October 7 to October 13
10 am to 12.30 pm and 2 pm to 6 pm
Open Wednesday to Sunday from October 14 to November 11
2 pm to 7 pm

Exceptionally open Friday October 11 until 7 pm

Saturday October 12 from 10 am to 6 pm (continuous day)

Monday November 11 from 2 pm to 7 pm
Free admission

This exhibition was created in association with: