Skip to content
Free local shipping on orders over $400* Close
AsiaOne Books
Shopping Cart 0
Close Back
  • Curent Titles
    • Bestsellers
    • World of Photography
    • Works of Art
  • Series
    • Hong Kong Photography
    • Black and White
    • Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze Collection
    • Hong Kong Photographers Series
    • Sand Wan Collection
    • Chinese Contemporary Art
    • Children's Books
  • Browse by Artist
    • Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze
    • Daido Moriyama
    • Mark Roberts
    • Alfred Ko
    • Huang Rui
    • Sand Wan
    • Julian Lee
    • Michael Wolf
    • Marcel Heijnen
  • New Titles
  • Profiles
  • Our Story
  • Book Archive
  • Submissions
    • Login
    • Share
      Share on Facebook Copy link
      ×
    Close
    Your cart is currently empty.
    0

    Total: $0.00

    Shipping & taxes are calculated at checkout.
    View Cart
    Continue browsing
    Close
    Home/ Collections/ Concrete Stories
    Concrete Stories
    Concrete Stories
    Concrete Stories
    Concrete Stories
    Concrete Stories
    Concrete Stories
    Home/ Collections/ Concrete Stories

    Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze

    Concrete Stories

    Size: 245 x 285mm

    Pages: 104

    Cover Type: Hardcover

    Language: English

    $320.00

    Concrete stories is a collection of genuine instants from the daily life of Hong Kong's inhabitants, more particularly of people from the older districts of Kowloon. This peninsula has a population of over 2 millions people and a density of 43,000/km2, which might make it the densest urban area in the world. The vernacular culture of people living in such an extremely urbanized environment can be discovered through all these small stories that are forming a bigger one, a record of how people make use of available rooftops in a cramped city where each square feet can be sold at stratospheric prices.

    It is a testimony of the lifestyle of people living inside the oldest buildings of the city featuring an easy access to the rooftop that is often used by inhabitants from the whole buildings, like a courtyard in the air.

    Nowadays, these buildings are disappearing at a fast pace given the scarcity of lands which forces the authority to pull down all the low-rise buildings in order to leave space to taller and more modern residential ones. Most of these new buildings are made with luxury finishing making it totally unaffordable for humble people to live inside. This way, the once popular districts of the city are being emptied of its grass roots forced to go live in the outskirt of the city. All photographs are using an extreme vertical format in order to strengthen the feeling of cramped-ness that is felt in these places.

    Share
    Share on Facebook Copy link
    ×

    Shipping and Returns

    We offer free local and intenational delivery depending on order value and size. Details are enclosed in our Shipping Policy.

    Location

    13/F, Asia One Tower 

    8 Fung Yip Street 

    Chai Wan, Hong Kong 

    INFORMATION
    Our Story Shipping Policy Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions
    STAY IN TOUCH - SIGN UP FOR UPDATES
    CONTACT

    Customer Service

    hello@asiaonebooks.com 


    Private visit inquiries

    space@asiaonebooks.com

    American Express Apple Pay Google Pay MastercardPayPalShop PayVisa
    Copyright © 2023 AsiaOne Books
    Subscribe to get 10% off on first order. Code: PowerInPrint

    Sign up for occassional updates on our publications and enjoy exclusive product discounts.

    Read our shipping policy.