Sepia Saturday 838 : Saturday 8th August 2026

 

Old photographs are a treasure map, but nobody tells you what the treasure actually is. You've got to search for it - and when you find it you will know. The treasure in this week's Sepia Saturday Call image might be the wooden ark or the remarkably unrealistic wooden animals. It might be the headscarf or it might be the look on the face of that man on the left hand side of the photograph. Further more, what is treasure to one person might not be worth a passing glance to someone else. There are no right or wrong answers when it comes to old photographs. Here, on Sepia Saturday, we ask you to share your own treasure maps on or around Saturday the 8th August 2026 and leave a link on the list below. And pause for a while to see what other treasure maps will be appearing in the next few weeks.

Sepia Saturday 837 : Saturday 1st August 2026

 

That's a great idea. Take on old boat that nobody wants any more, cut it in half and turn it into a shelter for people to sit in. That's recycling at its best. And we approve of recycling here on Sepia Saturday because each week for the last fifteen or so years we have invited you to recycle your old photographs and share them with a new audience. You can do this by posting the photographs and adding a link to the list below. And then sit back in the shade of an old rowing boat and look at what comes next on Sepia Saturday.

Sepia Saturday 836 (25th July 2026)

 

Put your costumes on, it's time to dress up, here on Sepia Saturday. Our theme image this week features some amateur dramatics - an old relative of an in-law, I think. As always you can make of it what you will. Sepia Saturday is a celebration of old photographs, so simply share yours on or around Saturday 25th July 2026 and leave a link on the list below. And, without being too dramatic, take a look at the exciting things that are around the corner on Sepia Saturday.

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.