FEATURING PHOTOGRAPHER & AUTHOR SHANNON TAGGART

My guest today is Shannon Taggart, a photographer and author renowned for her exploration of modern Spiritualism, a belief system centred on communicating with the deceased. Her fascination began as a teenager when a medium revealed details about her cousin’s grandfather's death, sparking a two-decade journey documenting Spiritualist communities worldwide. Her acclaimed monograph, SÉANCE, delves into these practices and was named one of TIME Magazine's 'Best Photobooks of 2019'.

From the mailbag and also on the show, Bob of the Desert uncovers some curious coincidences at 5,000 feet, Craig Wilson captures the beauty of the Lake District, Niels de Kemp reflects on how ageing shapes mastery of photography, and Gavin Perry talks about colour blindness as a photographer. Plus David Wright reminds us of this month's photo assignment.

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MORE ABOUT names, words, THE MUSIC and places FROM TODAY’S SHOW

Michael Clements’ Color Blind book, mentioned within my conversation with Gavin Perry.

Minor White was an American photographer, poet, and educator known for his deeply spiritual approach to photography. His work often explored the unseen, using photography as a means to express inner emotions, psychological states, and mystical experiences.

John Neihardt was an American writer and poet, amateur historian and ethnographer. Born at the end of the American settlement of the Plains, he became interested in the lives of those who had been a part of the European-American migration.

Arthur Findlay College is a college of Spiritualism and psychic sciences at Stansted Hall in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England. Stansted Hall was built in 1871, and the college was founded there in 1964.

The Leica M3 is a 35mm rangefinder camera by Ernst Leitz GmbH (now Leica Camera AG), introduced in 1954. See a review by Ken Rockwell.

‘Black Crag’ is a photographer based in the English Lake District. Spending much of my time ankle deep in mud or wading through forests of tick-infested bracken.

Kelvin Brown’s flickr Photowalk inspired group - join by invite by clicking on to THIS LINK.

The ENCOUNTERS workshop in April.

MUSIC LINKS: Bunker Buster sang and wrote today's playout song Life Goes On. Music on the show is sourced primarily from Artlist and also features in Michael Brennan’s Spotify playlist GoFoto.