This is the catalogue essay for Photography and the Luminous Image, a survey exhibition curated by Franc Palaia for the Alternative Museum in New York City in fall 1996, including work by Dennis Adams, James Casebere, Alfredo Jaar, Heidi Kumao, Jennifer Sloan, Mike and Doug Starn, Krzysztof Wodiczko, and many more. Presented here as an audio file performed by the author. Requires QuickTime for listening. For a free download of this utility, click here. [The text is available at the Photography Criticism CyberArchive.]
