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Documenting Religion

Religion will always be a delicate issue to discuss and especially to document and photograph. It has been the main reason for so many wars and bloodshed in the 20th century. Isn’t god suppose to unify people and promote peace … Continue reading

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Discussion Topic: Documenting Brooklyn Vodou

In class, we briefly touched on the beginnings of spiritualist photography.  The contemporary photographer Shannon Taggart has photographed the world’s largest Spiritualist community in western New York.  Her photographic projects seem to focus on alternative types of religious experience.  Taggart’s … Continue reading

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