Episode 113: Framing the Invisible, with Shannon Taggart
Shannon Taggart's book Seance is a landmark in art photography and the history of psychical research. Taggart spent years photographing practitioners of spiritualism in the U.S. and Europe in an effort to capture the mysteries of mediumship, ectoplasm, and spirit photography. In this episode, she joins JF and Phil for a conversation on the often-misunderstood tradition of spiritualism, the investigation of the paranormal, and the real magic of photography. If the technological medium is the message, then perhaps the spiritual medium is the messenger.
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**REFERENCES
\n\n*Shannon Taggart, S\xe9ance *
\nRead the introduction to the book here
\nVisual companion page for this episode
Shannon and her work are featured in Peter Bebergal's excellent book, Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural
\n\nWeird Studies, Episode 24 with Lionel Snell
\nLionel Snell, \u201cThe Charlatan and the Magus\u201d
\nGeorge P. Hansen, The Trickster and the Paranormal
\nDiane Arbus, American photographer
\nWarner Herzog (dir.), Cave of Forgotten Dreams
\nJeffrey Mishlove, Interview with James Tunney on Francis Bacon
\nEva C, French medium
\nAndrew Jackson Davis, American spiritualist
\nHenry Alcott, American Theosophist
For further reading on women, spiritualism, and the art of the invisible:
\nAnn Braude, Radical Spirits
\nGuggenheim, Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future
Special Guest: Shannon Taggart.