Interview with Shannon Taggart

Otherworld

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Shannon Taggart is an American photographer and artist known for her work exploring themes of spirituality, mysticism, and the supernatural. She is particularly recognized for her book Séance which documents the practice of Spiritualism, a religious movement that believes in the possibility of communication with the spirits of the dead. Although she originally began as an artist with no interest in the paranormal, Taggart's fascination with Spiritualism began in 2001 when she started photographing in Lily Dale, New York, a town known for its psychic community. If you want to hear more conversation between Jack & Shannon Taggart, we will be posting a second part on the Otherworld Patreon shortly. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	Welcome to Otherworld. I'm your host Jack Wagner.
0:37.0	Today's episode is an interview with Shannon Taggart.
0:41.0	Shannon is an artist and photographer who spent 20 years
0:45.1	photographing seances and spiritual practices. Her book seance is incredible. It's a
0:50.8	mix of photography, historical photos, and stories of her own.
0:54.6	I'm a very big fan of her work.
0:56.7	Time magazine also called her book Seance, one of the best photo books of 2019.
1:01.1	I highly recommend checking it out. Her photography is both
1:04.4	haunting, strange, and beautiful. I wanted to bring Shannon on to discuss her
1:08.8	work, the paranormal, and the history of spiritualism. Similar to me, Shannon did not begin her career interested in the
1:16.0	paranormal.
1:17.0	She sort of fell into it.
1:18.4	I was interested in talking to her about what it's like spending so long documenting something like that and
1:25.5	whether or not it's affected her beliefs. So this is my conversation with Shannon
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