Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze (born 1987) is a French photographer[1] known for his work capturing modern urban life in the city of Hong Kong.
[2] Vertical Horizon is a collection of photographs capturing the densely-populated city of Hong Kong from the ground, in the midst of building.
[3] The cover of the book depicts the Monster Building, a residential complex in Quarry Bay which was later used as a set in the movie Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and has become a hotspot for photographer on social networks since then.
In their compositions, many of Jacquet-Lagrèze's photographs are depicting the contrast between Hong Kong's dense cityscape and the serenity of nature represented by waterscape and lush greenery of the mountains surrounding the city.
[8] It documents how people make use of the space available on the shared rooftops of their buildings in order to cope with the restrained surface of their home.