The Silent Language is an exhibition of about fifty iconic 20^th-century works from the Maison europ enne de la photographie that explores various kinds of relationships between photographers and models. It includes intimate photographs, collaborative works, commissioned portraits and even candid shots by photographers from different places and periods to show the encounters and singular stories that form the basis of the representation of the Other.

Diane Arbus, Harry Callahan, Donigan Cumming, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Rineke Dijkstra, Nan Goldin, Emmet Gowin, Bertien Van Manen, Robert Mapplethorpe, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Helmut Newton, Martin Parr, Man Ray, Bettina Rheims, Alice Springs, Henry Wessel, Dolorès Marat.