El nombre de Vertical Horizon es un recordatorio evidente del competitivo horizonte de Hong Kong, donde cada edificio trata ser el más alto, el más audaz, el más hermoso, el más joven, el más antiguo o el más famoso.

A continuación, mostramos la manera en que Romain Jacquet-Lagraze observa y fotografía esta gran capital de Asia en constante cambio, vertiginosamente de abajo a arriba.

La ciudad muestra la forma en que crecemos como persona. Nuestras vidas son como los edificios; empezamos en la parte inferior, se llega al cielo y nuestros cimientos son cruciales para nuestro éxito, de ahí que las tomas sean de ángulo bajo.

Esta serie crea conciencia sobre el medio ambiente. Mientras que derivamos a través de la ciudad, perdidos en nuestros propios pensamientos, tendemos a no prestar demasiada atención a lo que está pasando por encima de nosotros. Hong Kong no es un lugar en 2-D que se despliega en la planitud de un mapa, sino un lugar volumétrico, donde los ascensores que nos llevan a los restaurantes, tiendas, casas a nuestro lugar de trabajo deberían merecer sus propios nombres de calles...

Vertical Horizon es un recordatorio de que tan solo somos nada más que una abeja en la gran colmena, una viruta en nuestro pequeño ámbito social. Los ángulos en que se realizan los disparos hacen hincapié en la gran escala de las estructuras que nos rodean en contraste con nuestro pequeño ser. Ser conscientes de nuestra condición humilde, para mí, es el primer paso para pasar a nuestro pleno potencial y alcanzar nuestro horizonte vertical.

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Romain Jacquet-Lagrѐze  is a French photographer born in France in 1987. He grew up in Paris suburbs until he moved abroad in 2008. Originally was dedicated to visual art, with a Masters in multimedia and art from East Paris University. His interest in photography began during his period of working in Los Angeles and Tokyo, and subsequently blossomed into a passion after his arrival in Hong Kong. Romain Jacquet-Lagreze landed in Hong  Kong for the first time in 2009.

While living  in the Yau Tsim Mong area, he became fascinated by the heterogenous character of the city's urban spaces, with modern buildings side-by-side among traditional tong lau. Driven by an ever-stronger curiosity, he began an intensive exploration of the city, trying to capture its diverse atmosphere. Eventually, he realised that the sole common aspect of all these places was the awe one feels when gazing up at the sky between the huge buildings.

His first attempt of recording his new home took the form of the project Vertical Horizon released in 2012 as a photo book. It has been featured in major publications in UK, France, Spain, USA, China and Hong Kong. The photo book has been then reprinted as a second edition in 2014.

2014 is also the year of the release of his second photo book Wild Concrete. This series focuses on trees and plants that are growing wildly on buildings in the middle of the busiest districts of Hong Kong. Romain see these trees as unexpected sprout of life redefining the relationship between man and the nature in an urban environment.

Romain is currently working on his newer photography projects focused on Hong Kong and the several aspects of its unmatched urban development.

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