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?

Sepia Saturday 812 : 7th February 2026

 

What better subject to celebrate on a site devoted to old photographs that old photographers! Our weekly trawl through the various archives which contribute to the Flickr Commons initiative has reached the UK National Science and Media Museum's collection and I have chosen a late nineteenth century photograph of a group of studio photographers as our theme image this week. I invite old photographers or young photographers or lovers of old photographs of any age to share a photograph by linking their post to the list below on or around Saturday 7th February 2026. And, before you grow too old, take a look at the rest of our February themes.

Sepia Saturday 811 : 31 January 2026

 

Our trip through the various museums and archives that are affiliated to the Flickr Commons initiative arrives at the George Eastman Museum Collection. Our theme image is an 1880 Carte-de-Visite photograph of a circus contortionist and it celebrates "Strange Shapes". It can just as well celebrate unexpected angles. striped clothes, upside down, circus entertainers or, this being Sepia Saturday where the rules are as flexible as this poor soul's body, anything you want. Just post a post on or around Saturday 31st January 2026 and add a link to the list below. Once you've done that, you can shape up to what is to come in February.

Sepia Saturday 810 : 24th January 2026

 

Our Sepia Saturday theme this week is "Transport In Times Gone By" and it is immediately apparent that transport back in the days of old was not always on time. Often it was late - and very occasionally it was early! Yes, well done to all those who spotted the mistake, this Saturday will be the 24th January and not the 23rd. Mistakes apart, we would like like to park you old cars, buses, horses and carts, bicycles, or whatever, on or around Saturday 24th January 2026 and add a link to the list below. Once in place you can check out to see if there are any mistakes in the future Sepia Saturday programme.