Posts by Emma Taggart

Emma Taggart

Emma Taggart is a Staff Writer and Video Editor at My Modern Met. She earned a BA in Fashion and Textile Design at the University of Ulster in Belfast. Originally from Northern Ireland, she lived in Berlin for many years, where she fostered a career in the arts, dabbling in everything from illustration and animation to music and ceramics. She now calls Edinburgh home, where she continues to work as a writer, illustrator, and ceramicist. Her ceramics, often combined with hand-painted animation frames, capture playful scenes that celebrate freedom and movement, and blend her passion for art with storytelling. Her illustrations have been featured in The Berliner Magazine as well as other print magazines and a poetry book.
Portrait Photography
June 10, 2026

Split Portraits Explore Human Genetics and How Closely Family Members Resemble One Another

Do people ever tell you that you look just like one of your parents? Or maybe you look almost identical to your sibling. Through his ongoing Genetic Portraits series (which began in 2008), Quebec-based designer and photographer Ulric Collette explores how members of the same family resemble each other, how they’re different, and the role genetics plays in a person’s physical appearance. Collette’s images aren’t your ordinary family portraits.

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Illustration
June 7, 2026

LACMA Commissions Limited-Edition Print by James Jean To Celebrate the New David Geffen Galleries

To mark the opening of the David Geffen Galleries, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) commissioned a limited-edition print by LA-based artist James Jean titled The Procession. The colorful, otherworldly illustration is inspired by an iconic lithograph that Alexander Calder created for the museum’s 1965 debut. Jean is known for his dreamlike, intricately detailed artwork that blends fantasy, mythology, nature, and pop culture.

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Inspiring
June 2, 2026

14-Year-Old Wins National Spelling Bee After Correctly Spelling 32 Words in 90 Seconds

Are you confident with your spelling skills? Even if you know your i’s from your e’s, you’re probably still not quite on the level of California teen Shrey Parikh. The 14-year-old has just been crowned the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion after correctly spelling a record 32 words in 90 seconds. Parikh competed against 12-year-old Ishaan Gupta in a lightning-round 90-second “spell-off” tiebreaker.

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Wedding
May 29, 2026

College Sweethearts Marry in Hospital Ceremony 10 Days Before Groom’s Death

Not all love stories work out as planned, but many are shaped by the moments that matter most. College sweethearts Robbie Fox and Kelli Peters, both 27, said “I do” last month at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital just 10 days before Fox’s death. Fox was first diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma (a rare and aggressive pediatric bone cancer) in 2024.

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