The artwork "Light Break" from Nicolai Howalt was recently commissioned to incorporate works from his photographic series Light Break at the Danish Arthritis Association in Sønderborg

Cool, Calm and Collected. The exhibition showcases the aestheticizing tendency evident in many Danish artists over the course of the last fifteen years.

Capturing invisible rays of light, ashes from human cremation, and the volatile reactions of primary elements on metal plates, melding aesthetic interests with those of natural science, this book offers readers a rare insight into the most recent explorations of exposure, fragility and change.

Element by Nicolai Howalt is a ongoing study of the elements in nature and especially their capacity to be converted. Photograph series continues Howalt experiments in the field of tension between photography, history, science and art, past, inter alia in his photograph series ‘Light Break‘.

This poster has been produced in connection with the exhibition ELEMENT at Viborg Kunsthal by Fabrik Books & Viborg Kunsthal. The motif is an original piece of copper, found in Germany in the 1950s, after which the image is evoked on Aluminum foil.

In 2015 the legacy of Niels Finsen was revived when Danish artist Nicolai Howalt, in collaboration with Medical Museion, Copenhagen, initiated an artistic reinterpretation of Finsen’s research, resulting in the release of “Light Break”, 2015.

In the early nineteenth century, Doctor Niels R. Finsen discovered that invisible light rays, at the periphery of the electromagnetic spectrum, had the property to heal. It is these same rays Howalt is interested in, now taking advantage of the sunlight's ability to blacken photographic emulsion.

Light Break is a documentary and aesthetic clash between photography, science and art by Nicolai Howalt. The work reflects his basic and photographic interest for light as a material.

134 Boxers is a poster, that is produced in collaboration with CAP CPH, a poster that indexes the documentation that Howalt made between 2000-2003 of all the young boxers, where they debut in their first boxing match.

Car Crash Studies, a thought provoking photographic study of cars that have been involved in severe and fatal accidents. The series moves between documentation and abstraction, namely the duality we feel in relation to accidents or catastrophes when experienced from a distance - as spectators.

78 young boys were photographed before and after their first competitive boxing matches. The before and after photographs profoundly reveal the physical and emotional effects of these experiences upon the boys. The book’s accompanying text was written by Jane Rowley.

Catalogue for ‘sammen stød’ That collision can be seen as a theme in the works of Nicolai Howalt is not the result of a conscious strategy. It is only in retrospect that it starts to emerge, and even then not as something essential but rather as a force running throughout his oeuvre.

How to Hunt (2005–10) is a series of evocative photographic studies on the theme of hunting by the Danish artists Trine Søndergaard and Nicolai Howalt.

Dying Birds by Trine Søndergaard and Nicolai Howalt is a photographic study of the forms of hunted birds. Thematically this work is an expansion of their previous project How To Hunt. The birds in their struggle to live whilst being hunted.

In a series of images the artists have captured the barren landscapes found in areas along the Nordic timber line during winter. In this marginal land you see solitary trees weighed down by snow. The trees are bent and stunted by their harsh environment.

Special Edition of 50 signed and numbered books with one signed and numbered print 15 x 20 cm. The series explores a classical and existential theme, at the same time deploying the creative potential of new photography to create a permeable boundary between documentary and art.

BOXER. Portrait's of boxers their boxing their first fights, capturing the moment before and after the fight. As a teenager Howalt used to box, and as a consequence he has realized that the moments just before and after the match were the most tantalizing.

The woman's name was Dorthe, she was 39 and drove a taxi at night. The man's name was Villy, he was 43 and worked as a janitors assistant in an old folks home. The lived together with Dorthe’s 13 year old daughter Helene, in a three roomed apartment on the 2nd floor of a building in Århus West.