Color photography may have been invented as early as 1907, but the artistic viability of the medium was questioned even as recently as the 1980s. Henri Cartier-Bresson, who is currently the subject of a retrospective at MoMA, was a particularly notable opponent. Starburst: Color Photography in America 1970-1980, released this spring by Hatje Cantz publishers, explores the work and ramifications of the artists whose breakthrough images opened the floodgates for color photography’s later practitioners. Beginning with William Eggleston’s watershed show at MoMA in 1976, the book takes readers through the early work and critiques of contemporaries Stephen Shore, Helen Levitt, Joel Meyerowitz, William Christenberry, Jan Groover, Barbara Kasten, Richard Misrach, Joel Sternfeld, Eve Sonneman, and many more. Accompanied by contemporary critical essays as well as many original reviews, this survey provides a snapshot of a powerful and surprisingly recent paradigm shift in the course of modern photography.