The VII Foundation Arles
49 Quai de la Roquette, 13200, Arles, France
Find us here
Join us for the opening of our exhibition, April 1975, Phnom Penh – Saigon, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, from 1000 CEST.
The signature exhibition at the 2024 Prix Correspondents de Guerre in Bayeux, April 1975, Phnom Penh – Saigon examines the lives and work of the journalists who covered the end of the wars in Cambodia and Vietnam in April 1975.
Curated by The VII Foundation’s Executive Director Gary Knight and reporter and author Jon Swain, the exhibition features photographs, written accounts, and ephemera belonging to the reporters who covered the victory of communist forces. Producer Ziyah Gafic includes images printed on fabric banners, newspaper clippings, and objects — such as Françoise Demulder’s camera and Jon Swain’s defaced passport — to create an immersive experience of those tumultuous final days of the wars.
“Inevitably, the job of war reporting entails the sacrifice of journalists’ lives. So it was in Cambodia and Vietnam,” says Jon Swain. “I see this exhibition as a way of honouring all those journalists who were killed in the war, hailing from across the world, young, old, men and women whose names are inscribed on the wall at the entrance of the exhibition.
Light refreshments will be served.
Location:
The VII Foundation Arles
49 Quai de la Roquette, 13200 Arles, France
Entry:
Free entry
Contact:
[email protected]
Press Contact:
[email protected]
Join our newsletter to keep up-to-date on events, education programs, exhibitions, and more.
