Sakura Lust is the first monograph by Casper Kent.

Shot over the course of a year – from the arrival of the first cherry blossom through the Japanese Autumn – during nights spent in ryokans and love hotels throughout Japan.

Echoing the Japanese adoration for Hanami (The annual tradition of welcoming the briefly blossoming Sakura, enjoying that moment and celebrating all it represents) the intimacy captured in Sakura Lust floats somewhere between an erotic dream and reality.

The book serves as a lust story, an attempt to seize a fleeting moment in life and make it last indefinitely.

First edition of 500 copies, hand numbered.

210 x 297 mm
112 pages
Linen-bound hardcover
De-bossed with tip-in image on front cover
White foiled spine and reverse
Full colour offset
150gsm silk coated inners
First edition of 500
Each copy hand numbered
Published in Spring 2019

ISBN: 978-1-9164276-0-0

Further information about Casper Kent can be found here

Selected Press:
Document Journal
Office Magazine
Phroom Magazine
Guillotine (French)

Sakura Lust is part of the following collections:

The British Library - London, United Kingdom.
The National Diet Library - Tokyo, Japan.
The International Center of Photography - USA.
School of Visual Arts Library - New York, USA.