Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze Captures Dizzying Heights of Hong Kong.

Inspired by the “geometry of the urban environment and the vivid lives it shelters”, French photographer and graphic artist, Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze captures the dizzying heights and gobsmacking urban densities of Hong Kong. Using a wide-angle Sigma lens, Romain snaps photos of mammoth buildings, both immersing and intimidating us with verticality, height and scale.

His photos have been turned into a 160-page book Vertical Horizon, which marvels at the geometric and almost kaleidoscopic formations of the city, at the same time exploring Hong Kong’s elegant and vernacular architecture.

“Vertical Horizon is a photographic journey between the buildings of a relentlessly growing city. It is a deep immersion into the city’s thick atmospheres and a visual record of its wildly diverse built environment. This book is like a contemplative dive into the raw nature of Hong Kong and an expression of its vertical elan.” – from Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze’s website about “Vertical Horizon.”

[Images courtesy of Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze.]