L'Homme de l'année #17

A lone figure stands on a rooftop strewn with scattered papers, silhouetted against a blazing orange sky thick with military helicopters — the subtitle says it all: Le Dernier Pilote Américain de Saigon. This 2021 entry in Delcourt's L'Homme de l'Année series zeroes in on 1975, one of history's most charged moments, rendered here with striking atmospheric weight by Pécau, Fabiani, and Fernandez. The image alone — that solitary man, the chaos overhead, an empty oil drum and debris around him — sets a tone that is both intimate and monumental.