Color Photography
2010s Post-Impressionist Color Photography
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
1990s Post-Impressionist Color Photography
Archival Pigment
2010s Abstract Geometric Color Photography
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
2010s Abstract Impressionist Color Photography
Photographic Paper
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography
Luster, Paper, Digital
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography
Paper, Digital, Luster
2010s Abstract Geometric Color Photography
Pigment
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography
Metal
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Archival Pigment, Color
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Oil, Wax, Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Archival Pigment, Color
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Photogram
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Archival Paper, Oil, Wax, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Oil, Wax, Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Oil, Wax, Acrylic, Archival Paper
1980s Abstract Color Photography
Silver Gelatin
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Archival Paper, Wax, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Plexiglass
2010s Abstract Impressionist Color Photography
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pig...
2010s Abstract Impressionist Color Photography
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color
2010s Abstract Impressionist Color Photography
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography
Metal
2010s Abstract Impressionist Color Photography
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography
Luster, Paper, Digital, Wood
Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography
Paper, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Gi...
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...
Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...
1970s Abstract Geometric Color Photography
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pi...
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography
Metal
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...
Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...
1960s Abstract Expressionist Color Photography
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography
Metal
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Color, Digital
20th Century Abstract Color Photography
Archival Pigment
Late 20th Century Abstract Color Photography
Photographic Paper
2010s Post-Impressionist Color Photography
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Archival Pigment
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Pigment, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Color Photography
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Decorating with Color Photography
Color photography evokes emotion that can bring a viewer into the scene. It can transport one to faraway places or back into the past.
The first color photograph, taken in 1861, was more of an exercise in science than art. Photographer Thomas Sutton and physicist James Clerk Maxwell used three separate exposures of a tartan ribbon — filtered through red, green and blue — and composited them into a single image, resulting in the first multicolor representation of an object.
Before this innovation, photographs were often tinted by hand. By the 1890s, color photography processes were introduced based on that 1860s experiment. In the early 20th century, autochromes brought color photography to a commercial audience.
Now color photography is widely available, with these historic photographs documenting moments and scenes that are still vivid generations later. Photographers in the 20th and 21st centuries have offered new perspectives in the evolving field of modern color photography with gripping portraiture, snow-capped landscapes, stunning architecture and lots more.
In the voluminous collection of photography on 1stDibs, find vibrant full-color images by Slim Aarons, Helen Levitt, Gordon Parks, Stefanie Schneider, Steve McCurry and other artists. Bring visual interest to any corner of your home with color photography — introduce a salon-style gallery hang or another arrangement that best fits your space.