SFMOMA - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Inspired by Strand's Akeley movie camera series, Outerbridge photographed machine parts as if they were sculptures, converting the ordinary into the remarkable. His work unfolded from the belief that "to appreciate photography one must dissociate it from other forms of art expression. Instead of holding a preconceived idea of art, founded on painting, it must be considered as a distinct medium of expression a medium capable of doing certain things which can be accomplished no other way."
Paul Outerbridge: A Singular Aesthetic. Photographs and Drawings 1921-1941: A Catalogue Raisonné, Elaine Dines, ed., in collaboration with Graham Howe (Laguna Beach, CA: Laguna Beach Museum of Art, 1981), 21.
