Photographing the Invisible: A Talk with Shannon Taggart

About this episode

In this episode, Shannon Taggart discusses her work on photography and Spiritualism, exploring the boundaries between the seen and unseen.

For Episode 13 of Pop Apocalypse, we welcome Shannon Taggart, an American photographer, writer, researcher, and curator known for exploring how photography can navigate boundaries between the seen and unseen. Her book, Séance (Fulger Press, 2019), offers hundreds of photographs documenting contemporary Spiritualism across the U.S. and Britain. We discuss what sparked Shannon’s interests in Spiritualism, the intersecting histories of photography and Spiritualism, ectoplasm, what inspires people to become mediums, and the techniques she developed for photographing the invisible.

People in this episode

Host: Matthew J. Dillon

Guest: Shannon Taggart

Topics covered

• photography
• Spiritualism
• ectoplasm
• mediums
• invisible
• art

Keywords

• photography
• Spiritualism
• Shannon Taggart
• ectoplasm
• mediums
• Séance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fulger Press

Books & works: Séance

Places: U.S., Britain

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