Romain Jacquet-Lagreze

Romain Jacquet-Lagreze French photographer based in Hong Kong. Published photo books: Concrete Stories, The Blue Moment, Wild Concrete and Vertical Horizon.

There's a beauty in the act of gardening in a crowded city...1. To Kwa Wan, 20132. Mong Kok, 20173. Shek Kip Mei, 20244....
15/09/2026

There's a beauty in the act of gardening in a crowded city...
1. To Kwa Wan, 2013
2. Mong Kok, 2017
3. Shek Kip Mei, 2024
4. Tai Kok Tsui, 2024
5. San Po Kong, 2026
6. Hung Hom, 2013
7. Kwun Tong, 2025
8. Hung Hom, 2023
9. Mong Kok, 2017

When we can't get access to the rooftop, the staircase or the open elevator hall can be a good option to look at the cit...
10/09/2026

When we can't get access to the rooftop, the staircase or the open elevator hall can be a good option to look at the city from a higher point of view...
1 & 2. Wong Tai Sin, 2019
3. Hung Hom, 2014
4, 5, 6, 7 & 8. Yau Tsim Mong, 2012
9. To Kwa Wan, 2012

Stepping out of the staircase and being blinded by the setting sun...1. Yau Tsim Mong, 20172 & 3. Sham Shui Po, 20174. Y...
07/09/2026

Stepping out of the staircase and being blinded by the setting sun...
1. Yau Tsim Mong, 2017
2 & 3. Sham Shui Po, 2017
4. Yau Tsim Mong, 2013
5. Sheung Wan, 2013
6. Yau Tsim Mong, 2024
7. Yau Tsim Mong, 2025
8. Sai Yin Pung, 2025
9. Sham Shui Po, 2017

A lion side face hiding in the clouds...I took this photo earlier in the year on a rainy day. The Lion Rock face appeare...
03/09/2026

A lion side face hiding in the clouds...
I took this photo earlier in the year on a rainy day. The Lion Rock face appeared from within the clouds for just a brief instant. Luckily, I could catch it with my camera.
All photos taken in Kowloon from 2019 to 2026

Birds above our heads in the streets of Hong Kong. Most photos were taken between 2024 and 2025, while I was working on ...
31/08/2026

Birds above our heads in the streets of Hong Kong. Most photos were taken between 2024 and 2025, while I was working on my project 'Echoing Above'.

The Fig Tree of Temple Street. This tree was a bit of a local celebrity in Yau Ma Tei during the early 2010s. When plans...
27/08/2026

The Fig Tree of Temple Street. This tree was a bit of a local celebrity in Yau Ma Tei during the early 2010s. When plans were announced to demolish the building at 23 Temple Street, public pushback quickly followed. Among the most vocal defenders of the building were supporters of an iconic fig tree (Chinese Banyan) growing wildly on its rooftop. As social media gained traction, a page was created to raise awareness about the tree and the threat to the building. Ultimately, while the building was saved from demolition, the tree had to be removed because its roots threatened the structural integrity of the property.
All photos taken in Yau Ma Tei from 2013 to 2017.

Every character featured here is the exact same word. Historically, calligraphic masters would write the character 福 (fú...
24/08/2026

Every character featured here is the exact same word. Historically, calligraphic masters would write the character 福 (fú, meaning "good fortune") a hundred times in different scripts to showcase their creative range. Inspired by these classic works, I set out to capture a hundred variations of 福 across Hong Kong, documenting the diversity of design, craftsmanship, and local vernacular found in our street signage. I then created the collage '百福全圖 – Hundred Fortunes' by arranging these hundred photographs so that they subtly form the character 福 itself.. In 2022, I was honoured to have this series included in '字由人 - By the People: Creative Chinese Characters', an exhibition curated by renowned designer Freeman Lau Freeman Lau that ran for over a year at the Hong Kong Museum of Art 香港藝術館 Hong Kong Museum of Art.

City of Bamboo.1, 2 & 3. To Kwa Wan, 2024-20264. Tai Kok Tsui, 20225 & 6. To Kwa Wan, 20267. Tai Kok Tsui, 20188 & 9. Sh...
20/08/2026

City of Bamboo.
1, 2 & 3. To Kwa Wan, 2024-2026
4. Tai Kok Tsui, 2022
5 & 6. To Kwa Wan, 2026
7. Tai Kok Tsui, 2018
8 & 9. Sham Shui Po, 2017-2019
10. Aberdeen, 2019

Daily life of people and roofers above the streets of Paris.All photos taken in 2025 & 2026.
17/08/2026

Daily life of people and roofers above the streets of Paris.
All photos taken in 2025 & 2026.

The Immortals.... Chinese Banyan are not only extraordinary for their adaptation to the environment, their vitality is a...
13/08/2026

The Immortals.... Chinese Banyan are not only extraordinary for their adaptation to the environment, their vitality is also unmatched. While looking for them in the streets of Hong Kong, it is common to see trees on concrete being cut to nothing more than a small trunk base due to the damage they can cause on pipes and structures. From this point, they will always manage to grow back again, usually spreading small branches in all directions at the base of the trunk. For such trees, the significant difference between the size of their foliage and their extended roots indicate that someone tried to get rid of them... unsuccessfully.
1. Kowloon City, 2024
2. Kwung Tung, 2013
3. Sai Wan Ho, 2023
4 & 5 . Wong Tai Sin, 2026
6. Mong Kok, 2026
7. To Kwa Wan, 2024
8. Mong Kok, 2026
9. Tai Kok Tsui, 2026

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