'Concrete stories II' is a follow up from the previous book ‘Concretes Stories” with a brand new collection of images of human activities as they unfold on Hong Kong’s rooftops.

In high density Hong Kong cramped for space, rooftops of older buildings act as little  courtyards up in the air. Unfortunately they are set to disappear making space for taller and more modern sky scrapers where rooftop are either totally unaccessible or well-secured to be accessed only by their owner. 

Romain HK is a photographer based in Hong Kong. Since 2011 he has been working on several photographic projects depicting this city mainly focusing on extreme urbanization, local heritage and the relationship between city and nature. Previous publications are: ‘Vertical Horizon’ (2012, 2014 and 2017), ‘Wild Concrete’ (2014) and ‘The Blue Moment’ (2016). 'Concrete Stories' is the artist's fourth book. Romain JL's work has been extensively featured in major publications across the world (The Guardian, National Geographic, Huffington Post, CNN, Wall Street Journal, El Pais, Le Figaro Magazine, Die Welt and Apple Daily and many more...)

The artist is represented by Blue Lotus Gallery in Hong Kong. For more info on the artist and available prints, please click here.

《天台故事 II》是延續攝影集《天台故事》的續作，輯錄了全新從未曝光的作品，記錄香港居民於天台上進行各式各樣的活動。

在空間狹窄且高密度的香港，特別是九龍區，舊式住宅樓宇的天台有如一個居民共用的空中花園。不幸的是，由於土地短缺問題迫使，如今這些建築物正在快速地消失，以便將空間留予更高、更現代的住宅興建。大部分新建住宅都以豪華裝修製成，使出身較卑微的人們無法負擔得起。這些新建住宅的天台將不會開放予整棟樓宇的居民使用，更不會讓其他人隨便進出，只有業主才擁有權限使用。

Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze 於 1978 年生於法國，畢業於巴黎東大學多媒體藝術學系碩⼠，原為平面設計師。在洛杉磯及東京工作期間，他開始接觸攝影，⾄ 2009 年移居香港後，環境的衝擊令他更爲熱衷以攝影創作。⾼聳入雲的摩天大樓，在他眼中看來格外驚艷，讓他禁不住透過攝影表達他對這座城市的震撼感受。在幾何圖形般的市區環境裡，香港人過著活力多彩的⽣活，這正是香港令他著迷的原因。Romain 的作品在本地及海外媒體備受矚目，曾得到南華早報、蘋果日報、Herald Tribune, National Geographic、Lonely Planet、El Pais、Figaro、Huffington Post、The Guardian、Stern 等多間媒體報導。⾄今他已出版了五本不同攝影系列作品的相集，最新著作為《獅子山三十六景》。