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.

SEPIA SATURDAY 809 : 17 JANUARY 2026

 

A postman delivering parcels in a snow covered landscape - it's a timeless theme which has attracted photographers for well over a century. These days the postman might be replaced by the self-powered Amazon delivery robot, but science and technology has not been able to get rid of the snow yet. Snow and post are just a couple of potential themes you might want to pick up for this week's Sepia Saturday challenge. Whatever themes you choose you can deliver your Sepia Saturday post by posting it on or around Saturday 17th January 2026 and adding a link to the list below. And whilst you are at the post office you might want to see what is coming in future Sepia Saturday deliveries:

SEPIA SATURDAY 808 : Saturday 10th January 2026

 

Throughout history, men and women have had to work in order to survive. Throughout photographic history, men and women have occasionally taken their cameras into work with them in order to create a photographic record of their endeavours. This week on Sepia Saturday we are celebrating work in days gone by as represented in old photographs, and our theme image comes from the Flickr Commons Collection of the Powerhouse Museum in Australia. We are currently working our way through the various collections that are part of the magnificent Flickr Commons initiative, and the Powerhouse Museum was one of the founding institutions of Flickr Commons.

You can add your own contribution on the theme of "work in days gone by" (or any theme you want) by linking your post to the list below on or around Saturday 10th January 2026. And just in case you want to explore "work in days to come" here is a list of our themes for the rest of the month.