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These Photos Of Hong Kong Skyscrapers Will Make You Very Dizzy
United Kingdom Architecture News - Jul 22, 2014 - 12:08 4808 views
When he first arrived in Hong Kong four years ago, photographer Jacquet-Lagreze became fascinated with the city's architecture.ROMAIN JACQUET-LAGREZE
When photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagreze first arrived in Hong Kong four years ago, he became fascinated with the city's architecture. "I would lift up my head while walking through the buildings to look at the sky," he tells Co.Design in an email. He took to photographing the city from below.
The resulting images, organized into the bookVertical Horizon, is a dizzying exercise in getting to know a city from the ground up. He shot most of the photos by looking up from the base of skyscrapers. Their vertical orientation is disorienting to the point that the buildings start to look like abstract geometric shapes.
His book, Vertical Horizon, is a photographic exploration of the vertical city from below.ROMAIN JACQUET-LAGREZE
He takes dizzying photos of skyscrapers from the ground up.ROMAIN JACQUET-LAGREZE
When he first arrived in the city, he says, "I would lift up my head while walking through the buildings to look at the sky."ROMAIN JACQUET-LAGREZE
The photos are disorienting, and it can take a minute to recognize that the buildings are more than geometric shapes.ROMAIN JACQUET-LAGREZE
To capture the buildings and the sky without the blinding glare of the sun, he often arrives at the location at dawn.ROMAIN JACQUET-LAGREZE
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