Human Stories
Lovely exhibition at the Devonshire Collective in Eastbourne of photographs by Axel Hesslenberg and Mark Nelson. Mark Nelson’s photographs were downstairs and were lovely views from various European cities. I loved a picture of dancers in an old Berlin Ballroom alsothe montage photographs were he had taken a number of images from the same angel and merged them together keeping the best sections from each one to create a idealised view. Upstairs was work by Axel Hesslenberg looking at people going about life on Eastbourne Pier. These were lovely sharp images displayed nicely without frames and hanging from bull dog clips. They had a quality of spying on different stories all playing out in a common space. They reminded me of Martin Parr’s seaside pictures with the same feeling of affectionate voyeurism. Closed on 21 August 2017