‘Chromotherapia. Feel-Good Color Photography’ offers genuine relief from the black-and-white world. Often disparaged, not always taken seriously, color photography has nevertheless allowed artists to get out their palettes and “paint.” Many have freed themselves from the medium’s documentary status to explore the common roots of the image and the imaginary, flirting with the worlds of Surrealism and Pop.

Italian visual artist and curator Maurizio Cattelan and curator Sam Stourdzé offer a rereading of the history of color photography through the 20th century into the 21st, and through the works of over 19 artists who take us on a journey into vibrant, acidulous worlds. Treat yourself to sunny yellow, azure blue, bright red, bubbly orange and more.

Chapters and Artists included:

EARLY BIRDS
Erwin Blumenfeld, Harold Edgerton, Madame Yevonde

RAINING CATS AND DOGS
Walter Chandoha, William Wegman

GLOSSY
Guy Bourdin, Hiro

FEMME FATALE
Adrienne Raquel, Miles Aldridge, Juno Calypso, Alex Prager

STRANGER THINGS
Arnold Odermatt, Sandy Skoglund

FOODORAMA
Martin Parr

MAKE A FACE
Hassan Hajjaj, Ouka Leele, Pierre et Gilles, Ruth Ginika Ossai