Scale models in hydraulic engineering ...

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"Strictly speaking, The Decisive Moment is a monograph of Cartier-Bresson's best work, but it has overriding unifying factors that elevate it into a great photobook. The first is the concept of the 'decisive moment' itself, which defines the elegance of Cartier-Bresson's imagery: the instant when all the elements in the picture-frame come together to make the perfect image--not the peak of action necessarily, but the formal peak ... No one achieved it more often or better, but allied with it was Cartier-Bresson's thoroughly clear-eyed view of the world--astute, non-sentimental, beautiful, profound. Crucially, for all their formal grace, his pictures are distinguished by his humanist view of life."--The Photobook : A History Volume I / Martin Parr and Gerry Badger. London : Phaidon, 2004.

subjects: Hydraulic engineering,  Hydraulic models,  Machinery,  Models,  Relief models,  Artistic Photography,  Area studies,  National Conference on the Study of World Areas, New York, 1947,  National Conference on the Study of World Areas (1947 : New York, N.Y.)