TITLE: Nocturne

NOCTURNE is Maigler's most recent photo series. Therefore the photographer invited the dancers of the Stuttgart Ballet to leave their customary theater setting and instead staged them in urban spaces at night. Here, freed from the constraints of their profession, they break with all convention and demand freedom: they jump into fountains, fight in parks, and climb statues.

Nocturne translates to "the music of the night" – The entire series was shot in hot summer nights in the urban spaces of the city. To create a different, subversive and new narrative about ballet and adress topics of climate change & the disruptive global discourse and the hard times this young generation of artists is facing. Maigler chooses a collaborative approach and acknowledges the dancers as artists themselves. Their aim was not to find any right or wrongs, nor solutions, but to ask questions and open up a dialogue to take us along and play the nocturne to lead us through the night with a lighthearted spirit and joy.

In ballet, elegant aesthetics and grace meet the limits of the human body's capabilities. Elegance and rigor, discipline and passion – where those extremes meet, they transcend us from human to art. Photographer Alwin Maigler (b. 1996) has been working closely with the internationally renowned Stuttgart Ballet for many years and the double publication Nuancen and Nocturne is his personal declaration of love for classical dance.

AUTHOR: Alwin Maigler (Germany)

Born in 1996, Alwin Maigler is a photographer based in Stuttgart, South Germany. Specializing primarily in the fields of art, dance, fashion and portraiture. His talent and commitment to his craft led to his membership at the professional association of freelance photographers Germany (BFF) in December 2021, a historic achievement as the youngest full member in the association's history. In August 2023, he was proposed in front of the jury of the German society of Photography; solidifying his status and work as a respected figure, not only in the industry of applied work, but also for his artistic and experimental endeavors in the field of photography.

In 2020, he embarked on an academic journey at State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, pursuing a degree, supported by various prestigious scholarships. (Diploma approx. April 2025)

His works have garnered international acclaim in publications such as Harpers Bazar, L’officiel and clients like Porsche, Mercedes or Leica. In 2021 he became partner with the Leica Camera AG.



With various solo exhibitions in Germany, his work gathered international recognition after his solo exhibition „Nuancen“ in April 2023 at the Leica Gallery Stuttgart, as the biggest exhibition produced with historic printing technique of „Carbon-Print“ in Europe. Followed by a group exhibition in Arles in 2023.

In November 2024, his first international solo exhibition "NOCTURNE" will be shown at the new Omotesando Leica Galerie TOKYO – showcasing an innovative series about the renowned Stuttgarter Ballet. Topped by the simultaneous release of two upcoming publiacations "Nuancen" and "Nocturne" at „Kerber Verlag, Berlin“ in September 2024, with a release at the Paris Photo 2024, offering deep and profound insights into the world of the Stuttgarter Ballett through two monothematic books.