We all know that people messed around with photos long before there was Photoshop. But you might not have realized how crazy the Victorians were about headless portraits. They literally lost their heads over this trend. Check out the absolute creepiest examples below.
Advertisement
Photographs of William Henry Wheeler, Oxford, 1875
Advertisement
Advertisement
(via Photo History Sussex)
A decapitated man, ca. 1875
(via George Eastman House/Flickr)
Around 1900
Advertisement
(via Photo History Sussex)
A woman keeps his head down
Advertisement
(via Retronaut)
Not a rugby ball
Advertisement
(via Is it weird?)
Happy family
Advertisement
(via PetaPixel)
It can be weirder.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
(via courroiedetransmission, elisandre-librairie-oeuvre-au-noir, International Center of Photography and Dictionary of Sydney)