19th century photographs of headless men and women.

[moobu2]

This was a weird fad in the 19th century Victorian era. It's kind of like the original photoshop I guess and they aren't really headless..









http://blubabalu.blogspot.com/2011/08/headless-portraits.html

[HughBeaumont]

1. K for later. Goddamned work firewall.

[lalalu]

2. Creepy but I had to look.

During Sandy I caught up on reading and read some pieces by Nelly Bly I had downloaded. A very strange time period. I wonder if there was some superstitious belief behind this or just done for fun.

[Motown_Johnny]

3. Over a hundred years later, and still funny

The one with the woman holding her own head in front of her stomach is freaking hilarious.

All of them are good.

Thanks for sharing.

[Historic NY]

4. Look for the fairies pictures too....

19th century people had way too much time on their hands...

[Xithras]

5. Trick photography and manipulation have been around since the first photographs were taken.

It used to require real skill and patience in the darkroom to pull these kinds of shots off. Photoshop just made it easier.

[kiva]

6. This is great, thanks!

At first i thought it would be a link to memorial photography, but this is very cool.