Nicolai Howalt
*1970 København

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Boxer
Throughout the years of 2000-03 the award-winning photographer Nicolai Howalt followed young Danish boys boxing in Denmark and abroad. The result is the book 'Boxer'. The book portrays a series of young boxers in the moment before and after the match. A sense of spirit, emotion, expectation and energy characterize the photographs. The double portraits convey the dreams of boyhood, puberty and identity. The boxing match stages a platform for Howalt who otherwise refrains from describing the inner concerns of boxing or the competitive elements of the sport.
The double portraits convey the dreams of boyhood, puberty and identity. The boxing match stages a platform for Howalt who otherwise refrains from describing the inner concerns of boxing or the competitive elements of the

Series Boxer, 2000-2003
Analog c-print, each size edition of 3
23.6" x 19.7" / 60 x 50 cm
39.5" x 31.5" / 100 x 80 cm
55" x 47" / 140 x 120 cm
 

Boxer Edition Book in a handmade box containing two signed and numbered c-prints Preface by Edward Bunker 96 pages, 84 color plates, 10 ½"x8 ½" / 27x22 cm People's Press, København, 2003, ISBN 87-91293-64-2

sport. Boxing becomes a symbol for the match between fear versus courage, dream versus reality. The photographs highlight the age dividing a boy from being a man and address what it is to be on your own for the first time. Howalt boxed as a teenager and as a consequence he understands that the moments just before and after the match are the most loaded.


The American author Edward Bunker (Dog eat dog, Little Boy Blue) has written the preface to the book
"boxer", Copenhagen 2003, People'sPress, ISBN 87-91293-64-2









 

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Christopher Astley

   
Mads Sørensen

   
Mads Sørensen

   
Chris Pedersen

   
Mehmet Bulut

   
Torben Keller

   
Michael Jensen

   
Unknown boxer

   
Anders Jensen

   
Ibrahim Mosleh

   
Richard Fagerudd

   
Mark Wirenfeld

   
Muhammed ahtif

   
Carsten H. Sørensen

   
Jan Linderoth

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