Sepia Saturday- Headless body

My archive prompt this week is a little different, notable not for what is there, but for what isn't. In this case, a head. The photograph comes from the Library of Congress collection on Flickr Commons and shows a 12 year old boy working as a theatre usher in Birmingham Alabama. But it is the man on the right of the photograph I want to focus on, and in particular, his missing head. Now we all have old photographs like this in our collection : missing heads, missing feet, missing arms - perfect examples of the photographer as a decapitator. You might, of course, have boxes full of perfect old photos - not a missing limb in sight - in which case feel free to follow whichever prompt you like (convicts, boys, striped pyjamas) or no prompt at all. Just post your old image along with your new thoughts on or around Saturday 22 September and link it to the list below.
Alan Barnett


I have been reading about Flickr Commons for a long time now and since I did not have an appropriate photo for today's post I decided to give Flickr Commons a look see.
Found lots of gory photos that I could not stand to look at so keep looking and found this amazing shot.

 A headless acrobat.

No mention of when it was taken or by whom.
Was it the skill of the photographer or just a lucky shot?
Whatever the case an amazing athlete and an amazing photographer just came together at the right time.

Go here to see other subjects without heads, maybe, or something just as interesting.

Off today for a little adventure at my brother's lake home.