Big Seance: My Paranormal World
89 - Capturing Spiritualism Through Photography with Shannon Taggart - The Big Seance Podcast: My Paranormal World
30 Mar 2017
Researcher and photojournalist, Shannon Taggart, shares stories from her 16 years of photographing Spiritualism for a project called SÉANCE: Spiritualist Ritual and the Search for Ectoplasm. For more info visit BigSeance.com. Pssst... Want to leave voice feedback? Use the SpeakPipe Link! Check out Shannon's work as you listen - SÉANCE: Spiritualist Ritual and the Search for Ectoplasm In this episode: Episode Teaser :00 Intro 1:40 Welcome, Shannon Taggart! 2:12 Shannon’s Bio 3:53 Her first introduction to Spiritualism 6:22 Spending time in the analog town known as Lily Dale 9:02 Shannon describes her photography in this project 13:13 Playing with photographic accidents and anomaly 15:08 The séance lighting 17:40 The journalistic aspect of the project, plus “paradrama” 19:37 The Trickster and the Paranormal by George P. Hansen The Arthur Findlay College, the Hogwarts of adult Spiritualists 23:47 Kai Muegge and the search for ectoplasm 25:42 Skepticism and just letting go 28:25 ITC (Instrumental Trans Communication) 33:30 Looking back at the archive of spirit photography 37:28 More about Shannon’s upcoming book, SÉANCE: Spiritualist Ritual and the Search for Ectoplasm 41:25 A sneak peek at some of the photos! Plus, hands and faces changing shape! 44:05 More about Shannon Taggart 52:27 Spectral Edition with Tim Prasil (Did Louis Rose Break the Chains of Satan?) 55:10 Outro 1:00:45 For more on Shannon Taggart Pre-Order Shannon's book! ShannonTaggart.com Record your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! Call the show at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. Visit BigSéance.com for more information. Please help The Big Séance Podcast by subscribing, rating, and reviewing the show on iTunes, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Google Play Music, and iHeart Radio.
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