Paul Outlaw’s parents posing for their wedding portrait, New York, NY, 1947. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul, his mother, his sister, and his brothers posing for a family portrait at their home in Lower East Side, New York, NY in the late 1950s. Photo Credit: Paul’s father. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul (fifth from left in a patterned suit) and his siblings posing for a family portrait at their home in Lower East Side, New York, NY in the early 1960s. Photo Credit: Paul’s father. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
A framed school portrait of Paul in fifth grade, Grace Church School, New York, NY in the late 1960s. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
L-R: Paul Outlaw as “Chino”, Keith Love as “Bernardo”, and Laurie Diehl as “Anita” performing in West Side Story at Fisher Theater, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, 1970s. Photo Credit: Bradford Herzog. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul Outlaw’s uncle James Brasuell posing for an editorial feature in a German magazine, New York, NY, June 1980. Photo Credit: GEO Magazine. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
A photobooth portrait of Paul shortly before getting on the train to West Berlin, Germany for the first time, Stockholm Central Station in Stockholm, Sweden, 1983. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul performing during sound check for “Die Nacht der tausend Töne” (“Night of a Thousand Sounds”), a performance with Die Haut at FU-Audimax in Berlin, Germany, 1984. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
A Die Haut promotional band photo, Berlin, Germany 1985. Clockwise from top left: Christoph Dreher (winking), Paul Outlaw (holding a playing card), Rainer Max Lingk (holding a plant),Remo Park (with a fist out), Thomas Wydler (holding glasses with mouth open), and Jochen Arbeit (staring blankly). Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul modeling a black top hat and silver ring by Fiona Bennett and a shirt by Eva Ruland in Botanischer Garten Berlin (Berlin Botanical Gardens), 1989. Photo credit: Joachim Gern. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul Outlaw and partner Ray Busmann smiling during dinner with Ray’s parents during their first Christmas as a couple, in Berlin, Germany 1990. Photo credit: Ray’s father. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul Outlaw (at center, holding microphone) and bandmate Yref (a.k.a. Rainer Frey, at left with guitar) performing as Snow Blind Twilight Ferries in Loft im Metropol, Berlin, Germany, 1992. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
A still of Paul taken during the filming of Schwarzfahrer, in Berlin, Germany, 1992. Photo credit: Ciro Cappellari. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul Outlaw (right), director Pepe Danquart (at left), and lead actress Santa Moira (at middle, holding the award) celebrating Schwarzfahrer’s Oscar win as Best Live Action Short Film at the Grand Hotel Esplanade in Berlin, Germany, 1994. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul Outlaw (at left) posing with Buddy (his mother’s queer first cousin) on his grandmother’s front porch in Williamston, NC, 1994. Photo credit: Paul’s sibling. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul performing in his first one-person play Here Be Dragons at the English Language Theater in Berlin, Germany, 1997. He holds up a Superman comic in his left hand and a Batman comic in his right. Photo credit: David Baltzer. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul Outlaw (at right) capturing a photo of himself with his partner Ray Busmann (at left) while they’re both looking into a full-length mirror on their “wedding night” at the Soho Grand Hotel, New York, NY, 1997. Paul shares, “This was after our third of four commitment ceremonies in one month.” Photo credit to and courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul performing in Berserker at Highways Performance Space and Gallery in Santa Monica, CA, 2004. He’s standing with a machete pressed to his paint-splattered chest on a floor strewn with neon-yellow popcorn. Paul shares, “Berserker was named Best Male Performance Solo at the San Francisco Fringe Festival and is also featured as Part VIII in the anthology Blacktino Queer Performance (2016).” Photo credit: Ray Busmann. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul performing in What Did I Do to Be So Black and… (a
dream i had/after falling asleep/with the fox news channel on), which was presented by Highways Performance Space and Gallery at the Youth Empowerment Center, West Hollywood, CA, 2011. He’s upside down and lying on a low hanging swing, wearing white body paint and a ruffled skirt. Photo credit: Leo Garcia. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul performing in The Late, Late Show: “Porphyria’s Descent”, a work-in-progress for COLA (City of Los Angeles)’s Individual Artist Fellowship showcase at Grand Performances/California Plaza in Los Angeles, CA, 2012. He sings and opens the outer coat of his costume designed by Brian Getnick. Photo credit: Alex Monti Fox. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul Outlaw (at right) with partner Ray Busmann (at left) facing each other under a flower-arch while getting legally married at the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office, Norwalk, CA, July 17, 2013. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul performing in the world premiere of his play The Late, Late Show at Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, CA, 2013. He’s wearing a 1940s suit and eccentric eyeglasses behind a beaded curtain. Photo credit: Scott Pitts. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul performing in the world premiere of his play The Late, Late Show at Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, CA, 2013. He's outdoors, wearing a Victorian topcoat and frayed trousers, climbing up a ladder wedged against a high wall covered in ivy. Photo credit: Scott Pitts. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul holding the microphone while onstage during the “Becoming Angeleno” segment of the OUR L.A. VOICES Spring Arts Festival, which featured “PROUD Stories,” a celebration of the LGBTQ+ experience in Grand Park, Los Angeles, CA, 2018. Photo credit: Steven Reigns. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul performing in BBC (Big Black Cockroach), a work-in-progress for NOW (New Original Works) Festival at the REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater), Los Angeles, CA, 2019. He sits criss-cross in the nude with his hands expressively raised. Photo credit: Vanessa Crocini. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul performing in “BBC: BigBlackOctoberSurprise”, a work-in-progress at the REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater), Los Angeles, CA, 2020. He sits on stage in an all-white outfit and beaded silver jewelry, captured in mid-sentence while holding a glass of amber liquid. Photo credit: Rafael Hernandez. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw.
Paul Outlaw (at right) and Joe Seely dancing around each other in DUET, a work-in-progress for LAX (Live Arts Exchange) Festival at MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), Los Angeles, CA, 2022. Photo credit: Michael Palma Photography. Photo courtesy of Paul Outlaw by way of Los Angeles Performance Practice.
