183:. During this short period of time when the sun sits right below the horizon, the sunlight's blue wavelengths dominate and tint all the colourless surfaces like white walls or black rooftops into shades of blue. In their compositions, many of Jacquet-Lagrèze's photographs are depicting the contrast between the madness of Hong Kong dense cityscape and the serenity of nature represented by waterscape and lush greenery of the wild mountains surrounding the city. The series was published as a photo book and exhibited for the first time in Hong Kong in 2016.
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is a collection of photographs capturing the densely-populated city of Hong Kong from the ground, in the midst of building. It was published as a book of the same name in 2012 and exhibited for the first time in 2013 in Hong Kong. The cover of the book depicts
Montane Mansion, a residential complex
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City Poetry is a project focused on the beauty of old signage found in the oldest neighbourhoods of Hong Kong. The project consist of collage of characters selected for their meaning and complementary colours. By shooting only individual character
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the sign it has been shot on in order to give a new meaning when put next to other characters. City Poetry was first exhibited at Blue Lotus
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