Fahey/Klein Gallery presents Paul Outerbridge: Photographs, a landmark exhibition honoring a visionary modernist photographer. The exhibition features rare Carbro prints, Silver Gelatin photographs, and Platinum prints from Outerbridge’s groundbreaking career. The gallery will host an opening art party on Thursday, September 25, 2025, from 7-9pm.

Fahey/Klein Gallery Paul Outerbridge

Paul Outerbridge Early Years

Emerging in the 1920s, Outerbridge transformed everyday objects into striking Cubist-inspired compositions. His platinum and silver gelatin works reduced milk bottles, collars, and eggs to intersecting planes and geometric rhythms. Consequently, these images aligned with avant-garde movements, positioning him alongside innovators such as Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, and Edward Steichen.

In the 1930s, Outerbridge mastered the demanding Carbro color process, creating vibrant images that redefined photography’s expressive potential. Color became structural, not decorative. It flattened space, faceted surfaces, and animated planes into dazzling abstractions. Therefore, his Carbro prints rivaled paintings by Picasso and Kandinsky in both form and modernist daring.

Outerbridge blurred the line between commercial and fine art photography. His 1922 Ide Collar advertisement for Vanity Fair became an icon of radical design. Moreover, Duchamp hung this image in his Paris studio, affirming its conceptual connection to the readymade.

Paul Outerbridge Inspired a New Generation

Throughout his practice, abstraction guided Outerbridge’s visual language and artistic philosophy. His still lifes, nudes, and editorial work reveal persistent geometric tension and structural beauty. Furthermore, his compositions turned common objects into extraordinary visual statements.

Outerbridge’s influence extended across both art and publishing. His photographs appeared in Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, and House Beautiful, shaping visual culture throughout the early twentieth century. After relocating to Southern California in 1943, he continued creating and writing about photography until his death in 1958.

Ultimately, this exhibition celebrates Outerbridge’s technical brilliance and fearless experimentation. His modernist vision, formal innovation, and mastery of color secured his enduring legacy in photographic history.

On view: September 25 – November 8, 2025

What: Paul Outerbridge: Photographs
Where: The Fahey/Klein Gallery, 148 North La Brea Ave., LA 90036
When: September 25, 2025 7-9pm
Website: http://www.faheykleingallery.com

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