Raymond Depardon and Jean-Claude Guillebaud are old friends who left Vietnam together in 1972. Guillebaud way text, image Depardon. 20 years later, in 1992, no magazine has invited not to return. That is what they did. For lovers of fine text and beautiful pictures, Hill Angels resembles the perfect book: Guillebaud use of a language-rich environments for asking, transcribe noises and smells, making back memories. Also the text can not be reduced nor does a I remember Or a rewriting of In Search of Lost Time : it testifies to experience this first. Image as text belongs to what one might call "humanistic reportage," except that it's not just objectify Vietnam, but objectified who lived in Vietnam, returning Vietnam, noting that former GI also come back to resume their old habits of moguls, noting that the Vietnamese are always taken for prostitutes defects, the Vietnamese working poor trade.
The discovery of Hanoi, the cradle of ancient Vietnamese Communism, is a shock to Guillebaud Depardon and their interpreter enamored of Western culture. It is the city where all of Vietnam arrives at its height: the streets are full, animated, kids play and romp around, young women are beautiful and moving bike, the houses are beautiful remake, passersby smile, are friendly and hospitable. The text of Guillebaud, best in the criticism in praise, the less said the photos of Depardon Hanoi in 1992, is Vietnam in the making. The city has remained obscure for all Vietnamese without advancing the rest of the world and its values. A compromise, difficult after only 20 years. This volume contains
probably the most beautiful Depardon picture I have ever seen. And yet I begin to know about me ...
271 pages, coll. Points - 9 €
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