Erie photography from Lucie and Simon, the paris-based, franco german artistic duo managed to capture some of the most chaotic places in the world in their rare moments of calmness. The silence of the world, like a quotation, is suddenly endowed with an oppressive eloquence. using tricks of the photographic trade to render the world's busiest cities free of cars and even people. "Silent World" was awarded by the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Foundation prize, and received a Grant from the CICRP centre Marseille, European Year of Culture 2013.