Casper Kent: Offline

Offline
by Casper Kent

In Offline, Casper Kent explores the yearning for authentic experiences in an era dominated by digital disconnection. Comprising Polaroids taken over the past decade, the book captures quiet, contemplative moments of solitude in love hotels and ryokans, places that served as temporary escapes from the relentless pull of the online world.

Kent’s photographs blur the boundaries between memory and fantasy. Each Polaroid, imperfect and ephemeral, becomes a metaphor for memory itself—soft around the edges, slowly forming in the mind, and gently fading with time. His images are imbued with a sense of nostalgia and a longing for intimacy, evoking the paradox of seeking connection through isolation.

More than a visual diary, Offline is a meditation on the human desire for meaning and the tension between fantasy and reality. With its tactile design and evocative narrative, the book invites readers to pause and reflect on their own relationship with technology, memory, and the pursuit of aliveness.

Offline
Casper Kent
Friend Editions, December 2024
Greyboard Hardcover, 136 pages
169 x 207 mm
RRP £70