30 April 1975 –  Ho Chi Minh City 01/2012

30 April 1975 -  Ho Chi Minh City 01/2012

30 April 1975 –  Ho Chi Minh City 01/2012

Urban Archangels photography series by Jean-Paul Lefret.

Vietnam, 30 April 1975: lying on the tarmac, the archangel clutches a heart bedecked in the American flag. The bitter taste of defeat. Saigon is renamed Thành Phô Hò Chi Minh (Ho Chi Minh City). The Vietnamese flag becomes “the yellow star on a red background”.  (“ngôi sao vàng trên nền đỏ”).

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