Laurent Dequick once again moves away from the traditional representation of the landscapes around us in order to present a highly poetic vision. As an eyewitness of the contemporary city, it is on his escapades around the world that he captures many of the monuments that have been the undisputed witnesses of history and of the radiating influence of the countries he travels through. Académie Française completes his series on the beauty of Parisian landscapes and paints a portrait of the institution whose role is to standardise and perfect the French language.