# Car Crash Photography Nicolai Howalt's Accidental Art is Dark Yet Brilliant By Cowbag | Published 2009-06-01 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/car-crash-art-nicolai-howalts-accidental-art References: [cakeheadlovesevil](http://cakeheadlovesevil.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/studies-in-car-crashes-nicolai-howalt/) & [nicolaihowalt](http://nicolaihowalt.com/) These images may look more at home on the pages of a crash investigator's desk than on the wall of an [art gallery](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/paul-anthony-smith), but they are, in fact, a [series of art works](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/still-life-1) from Danish artist Nicolai Howalt. Much like real life [car crashes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/furniture-capsule-1), these images are unquestionably violent but also amazingly compelling. On the one hand, you really don't want to see the details like the shoe left on the passenger seat, but at the same time, you just cannot help yourself. It's dark but brilliant. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.2/10 - Popularity: 6% | Activity: 21% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Accidental Art:** Explore using accidents to create art and how it disrupts the traditional art approach. - **Gore Photography:** Study the disruption of sensitive media through using violent and graphic photos for artistic purposes. - **Realism in Art:** Investigate the trend of artists leaning towards realism techniques to convey their art. ### Where This Applies - **Art Industry:** The use of accidents and graphic photographs for artistic purposes can attract the discerning yet unconventional art collectors. - **Media Industry:** With the rise of attention-grabbing real-life visuals, media industries can explore expanding their content through the use of graphic imagery. - **Fashion Industry:** The study of incorporating dark art into fashion designs can break tradition and bring an avant-garde image to the brand. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Exploded Car Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/Porsche-911-carrera.md) - [Beautiful Automotive Design Books](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/benecict-redrove-auto-photo-manual.md) - [Explosion-Damaged Sculpture Series](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/light-into-darkness.md) - [Generative Art-Wrapped Cars](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kaoru-tanaka.md) - [Dynamic Car-Themed Structures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/veiled-porsche.md) - [Decayed Car Playsets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hot-wheels-x-daniel-arsham.md) - [Dynamic Artful Car Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bmw-m-hybrid-v8.md) - [Crystal-Adorned Crushed Cans](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sam-keller.md) - [Collaborative Monochromatic Art Exhibitions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/collaborative-monochromatic-art-exhibition.md)