Inside the world of spirit photography BBC REEL
For twenty years, photographer Shannon Taggart has been taking pictures of the worlds largest Spiritualist community in Lily Dale, New York and other smaller communities around the world. In her exciting quest to capture the invisible, Ms Taggart achieved surprising results. Her search for the ectoplasm a substance believed to be both spiritual and material lead her to explore not only the tricks of the trade and its neglected photographic history, but also its lesserknown links to science, prominent historical and intellectual figures, and the women s rights movement. Video by Maria Badia Produced by Anna Bressanin Subscribe to BBC Reel: More videos: , bbc, bbcreel, bbcnews
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