Online Photography alumni see work featured in month-long London exhibit
12 May 2026
Work by graduates from Falmouth’s MA Photography (Online) course can be seen in On Top of the World Looking Over the Edge, an exhibition currently on display in London, telling an alternative story of contemporary photography.
Curated by MA Photography (Online) Associate Lecturer, Laura Hynd, the exhibition which runs from 2 – 30 May at the community-based gallery space They Come. They Sit. They Go brings together the work of 16 female artists to expose largely unseen work with an unconventional hanging, allowing connections to form between photographers.
Dealing with personal and relational themes including grief and loss, trauma, domesticity, parenting and more, the subversive work is bound together by the search for individual and collective truth. Captured through the lens of the female experience, the exhibit expresses raw and authentic emotion through tenderness.
“These works have been created by brave and bold women whose strength, vulnerability and growth are palpable,” says Laura. “The title of the exhibition is a line from a Kate Bush song that resonates with me as a woman who has the full gamut of emotions. I wanted to show work that combines the feeling of deep fear, despair and emotion that leads us to growth, wisdom and possibility. There is so much tenderness in the exhibition.”
“The work is hung with tape,” Laura added. “It’s perfect in its imperfection. The hang style replicates my studio at home and allows creative movement and reflection. It feels alive and counter to what might normally be expected of a clean-lined exhibition. I believe some viewers will spend a lot of time taking in the rich tapestry the photographs create. I have selected works that, for me, communicate with the other works in the exhibition – making links, connecting well and supporting – just as a village community would.”
Of the 16 artists involved, eleven are alumni of Falmouth’s MA Photography (Online) course, and have since been involved with the Bloom School community and The Letting Go Workshop. Bloom School is a supportive space for photographers to explore their practices and access creativity from within. With professional and artistic guidance from Falmouth lecturer and globally published and exhibited artist, Laura Hynd, the school encourages lens-based artists to challenge their rules and self-limiting beliefs to explore, experiment and produce without fear of judgement. Bloom School also hosts online and in-person workshops, The Letting Go, and The Portrait.
You can visit the exhibition from 2 – 30 May at event space They Come. They Sit. They Go, Finch Cafe,12 Sidworth Steet, London, E8 3DS.
Visit on Friday 15 May, 3 – 4pm for a presentation of Laura Hynd’s series, The Saining, with a Q&A.
On Saturday 16 May, the exhibit will feature presentations by three Bloom School members and Falmouth alumni, Tracy Tattersall, Sinead Le Blond and Kate Carpenter, with Laura Hynd. The venue will open until late for drinks, food and music.
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Image credit: Laura Hynd (Header Image), Gemma Briggs, Layla Perchal Neal, Caroline Clark (Left to Right).
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