06/15/2025
This needs to make a comeback
Horsemaning is the act of posing for a photograph in such a way that the subject appears to have been beheaded, their head resting on the ground or on a surface. It was a photography fad in the 1920s.
It requires two individuals, one situated with one's head hidden (or tilted backwards) with the other hiding his or her body and exposing only his or her head.
The practice derives its name from the Headless Horseman, an evil character from Washington Irving’s 1820 short story, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”.
Horsemaning saw a revival in 2011 on Facebook and a series of photos began trending on sites like Buzzfeed as people tried to recreate the original trend.
