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A FIFTY ONE Publication with photographs by Marcel De Baer (Geraardsbergen, 1922-2014). In the annals of the history of photography, There are visionaries who have graced the world with their prowess. artistic, capturing the beauty, emotions and moments that resonate in our souls. And then there are those like Marcel de Baer, ​​a man who sailed in the stark and utilitarian landscapes of life with an extraordinary mixture of precision and indifference. Throughout the pages of this little book, we embark for a journey into the enigmatic world of Marcel de Baer, ​​a man who has never aspired to be a photographer but who, in the exercise of his duties, is inadvertently became the chronicler of life's darkest moments. The story of Marcel de Baer takes place in the solemn corridors of the justice, where he is an expert to the prosecutor. His field is far from the charming streets of artistic Paris or the grandeur of exotic landscapes; Rather, it is about the brutal consequences of car collisions in the Rural Belgium. As a sentinel of the law, he quickly arrived on the sites of major road accidents, meticulously documenting what had taken precise measurements using the lens of his camera and technical drawings. His duty was not to make visual poetry, but to distill the raw facts into a narrative understandable to judges and the jurors. With a clinical eye, he faithfully acquitted himself of his responsibilities, capturing the consequences of chaos.