Sepia Saturday 835 : 18 July 2026

 

All lovers and collectors of old photographs have a category labelled "unknown". It is the box you place what's left after you've put Uncle Joe and Auntie Ethel into their own respective boxes (be they actual boxes or digital folders). In some ways it's a rather sad category: those who live within its confines have lost their names and their personal histories. It contains, however, photographs that are imaginative springboards: who is this woman, what kind of life did she lead, what became of her? this week on Sepia Saturday I am celebrating the forgotten stars of our photographic collections. You can join me in celebrating your "unknown" stars, or you can share any old photograph you like. Simply post your post on or around Saturday 18th July 2026 and add a link to the list below.

And this is what is to come on Sepia Saturday over the next couple of weeks:-

Sepia Saturday 834 : Saturday 11 July 2026

 

My car broke down on the way to put up this week's Sepia Saturday call - so my apologies for its late arrival and my thanks, as always, to Barbara Rogers for helping me to change the tyre. As you can see, this week on Sepia Saturday we have jumped aboard our fine modern motor car and we are about to head off somewhere or other. Here on Sepia Saturday you can follow us in your old car or go off in any direction you want to. Simply post an old photograph on or around Saturday 11 July 2026 and add a link to the list below. And then you can take a look at what is coming next on Sepia Saturday.

Sepia Saturday 833 : 4 July 2026

If you want a theme for your Sepia Saturday contribution there are plenty on offer this week. There is a bridge, of course, or to be more accurate two bridges. Stereo photographs were very popular at the beginning of the twentieth century but seem to have fallen out of fashion. No doubt you can get Artificial Intelligence to generate a 3D effect - you can probably get it to place your in an immersive environment where you feel the London drizzle whilst you stare at a four dimensional Tower Bridge. There are rivers, there are towers and there is up and there is down: there are as many themes as you want. All you need to do is to post your post on or around Saturday 4th July 2026 and add a link to the list below. Whilst you are waiting for the bridge to lift (or to lower) you might want to take a look at what awaits you on Sepia Saturday.

 

Sepia Saturday 832 : 27 June 2026

“Fresh air is the best medicine” is the kind of banal pronouncement ancient relatives would make before pushing peaky-looking children out into the freezing cold of a damp November morning. In the case of this week’s Sepia Saturday theme image, it is some poor invalid who is being wheeled out into what is, hopefully, sunshine. What we would like you to do is wheel out your old photographs for this week’s Sepia Saturday challenge on or around Saturday, 27 June 2026. You can follow any theme you can find in the theme image - or you can follow whatever theme you choose. Once you have an old photo, place a link on the list below. While you do that, I’ll look out some theme images for July.

Sepia Saturday 831 : Saturday 20th June 2026

 

It's celebration time here on Sepia Saturday. I'm not quite sure what we are celebrating but the flags are out and the bunting lines the streets. What do we do when we celebrate - we get our cameras out and take pictures of the events. It is those pictures - taken any time over the last 150 years - that we are celebrating here on Sepia Saturday this week. Simply post your posts on or around Saturday 20th June 2026 and add a link to the list below .... and join in the celebration of the history of photography of, and by, the people.

Sepia Saturday 830 : Saturday 13 June 2026

 

A little lad and a big buoy. Our Sepia Saturday theme image this week features a little lad (my big brother, Roger, in fact) and a lifebuoy at the seaside in New Brighton at the beginning of the 1950s. As always, you can follow the theme in any way you want - or completely ignore it. All we ask for is an old photograph shared between lovers of old photographs. When you find one you want to share, post it, link it, and wait for others to like it. Post your posts on or around Saturday 13th June 2026. And, oh boy, take a look at what is still to come on Sepia Saturday in June.

Sepia Saturday 829 : 6th June 2026

There is nothing worse than a break-down. Our theme image this week shows a motor-bike being repaired back in the 1930s and this can give rise to all manner of potential themes. It is late going up on the Sepia Saturday Blog because I was trying for ever to get the blog to update. I am left with a late post and a perplexed look on my face - just like the bike repairer! In the hope that the blog is now roadworthy please post your posts on or around Saturday 6th June 2026 and leave a link below.