Sepia Saturday 819 (28th March 2026)

When I chose this theme image a month or so ago, I never for a second realised how topical it might become! Let us, however, leave all current conflicts aside, because here on Sepia Saturday we have the pleasure of looking back and not looking forward. So search out your old photographs of military shells, sea shells, women workers or whatever ... all that matters is that it is old and you want to share it. You can do so by posting a post on or around Saturday 28th March 2026 and adding a link to the list below. Once you have done that, you can see what April has to offer.

 

Sepia Saturday 818 : 21st March 2026

 

You can't beat a string quartet - unless it is with a string quintet. This week on Sepia Saturday we are asking you to get your strings out or even your piano keys out. And if you have neither we will accept any instrument or indeed any reference to music in any form. And this being Sepia Saturday, you know that if you have no old photographs featuring music ... we will accept anything at all. The only rule is that it must be old (you can define what constitutes old) and it must be posted on or around Saturday 21st March 2026. Now take it away and leave a link on the list below. And while you fiddle with that, take a look at what is coming next on Sepia Saturday

Sepia Saturday 817 : Saturday 14th March 2026

 

Our Sepia Saturday prompt this week features a happy family group heading off somewhere with smiles on their faces and carrying suitcases. Given that the photograph dates from 1940 and the man in the photograph is in uniform, one can rightly be anxious that the smiles and the happiness are misplaced. Let us hope not, and let us try to celebrate happy family occasions and journeys here on Sepia Saturday by sharing old photographs on or around Saturday 14th March 2026. And whilst we are waiting for the boat to leave, take a look at what comes next here on Sepia Saturday.

Sepia Saturday 816 : 7th March 2026

 

Our trawl through the photographic archives that are part of the magnificent Flickr Commons initiative has this week taken us to the Netherlands and the photographic collection of the Dutch National Archives.  Our theme image has three intrepid campers in a tent listening to the weather forecast on a transistor radio. You can go with the weather, with camping, with transistor radios over whatever you want to. Just pitch your tent, along with your post, on or around Saturday 7th March 2026 and add a link to the list below. And once you have done so you can start thinking about your Sepia contributions for the rest of the month. Here are the prompt images:-

Sepia Saturday 815 (28th February 2026)

 

Our Sepia Saturday theme this week seems to be bedroom photographs, but before you start checking you "safe search" filters, let me assure you it is pictures of bedrooms - or, indeed, any other room that you care to mention. This being Sepia Saturday, you are free to manipulate the theme to fit any particular old photograph you are wanting to share; so it could be pictures of people asleep, pictures of carpets or four poster beds. All you need do is to share an old photograph on or around Saturday 28th February 2026 and add a link to the list below. And then, before you drift off to sleep, take a look at what March has in store here on Sepia Saturday.

Sepia Saturday 814 : Saturday 21st February 2026

 

Photography was made for groups. Get a group together - be it a group of friends, family, fellow workers or ten-pin bowlers - and one of the first reactions is to get out a camera and record the moment for posterity. Here, on Sepia Saturday, we are the archivists of posterity, and therefore we have countless photographs of groups of people to share. You can share them by linking the photographs, on or around Saturday 21st February 2026, on the list below. And whilst you are getting your group to line up in proper order, you might want to see what the archivists of posterity will be doing next.

Sepia Saturday 813 : Saturday 14th February 2026

 

It's Sepia Saturday and it's St Valentine's Day - I don't need to say anything else. So get out your looks of love,  your kisses and your cuddles, search out those old photographs that signify true love. Let's share the love on or around Saturday 14th February 2026 and let's leave a link on the list below. And then let's take a moment to see where love leads to ... what comes next on Sepia Saturday?