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Kay is an Instagram star with over 25,000 followers due to his amazing photographs taken on rooftops here in Hong Kong and abroad.  Meet the Rooftop Rebel !

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I’m 25-years-old, grew up in a Hogwarts-esque looking boarding school in England and moved to Hong Kong about 5 years ago. I was motivated to start taking these pictures after hearing my friends complain about life in Hong Kong. The same sequential “I work in a 9 to 6 job, don’t get paid what I deserve and having to return to my shoe-box apartment every evening.” It became formality except there’s so much more to Hong Kong than that and that’s what I wanted to show people.

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The scariest picture, and probably my favourite one, is when I was on this rooftop with my friend Marjon. Putting someone else’s life in your hand (literally) is a big responsibility.

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India is a funny country. Funny in the sense that you always here the media speaking about the corruptions, the politics, the rapes et al. What about the beautiful side? The culture, the food and the travel? I visited the 2nd biggest slum in Mumbai and came across a group of kids trying to find their plastic ball which had disappeared down a sewage. I decided to buy them a replacement and in return, they took me on top of the roofs where they lived. Their families even invited me for a snack after learning I wasn’t from the local area. Such is the hospitality that often goes unnoticed. The rich seem to be getting richer and vice versa.

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It’s incredible to see the growing number of rooftoppers in Hong Kong and worldwide. Ever since Vitaliy & Vadim climbed the Shanghai Tower, they’ve given people the impetus to take risks. It’s great to see people living in the moment, however, with these risks come massive consequences. All it takes is one slip. I try to my best to remind people that their life and the people that will be affected are worth far more than being an online sensation.

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