SEX, LOVE, AND FASHION: A MEMOIR OF A MALE MODEL
"THE ocean glittered like a million tiny diamonds in the Mexican sun. The beach was gold, the sky sapphire blue. I stood barefoot in the hot sand, my head thrown back in the light breeze as I responded to the direction of the photographer for GQ magazine. I felt relaxed and confident as she asked me to turn this way and that - to bend, to smile, to hold the pose. An experienced professional at the top of my game, I was doing a job I adored in an impossibly spectacular setting: a secluded palm-fringed cove on the edge of the Pacific Ocean.
"Now I’d like some shots of you bodysurfing, Bruce," the photographer told me. I smiled. I was looking forward to washing off the gritty mix of sand and suntan lotion, and I couldn’t imagine a better way. I’d loved to surf since I was a teenage lifeguard in New Jersey; it came as naturally to me as breathing.
I ran into the water in my swim shorts and began riding the waves as the photographer's SLR clicked and whirred. For a moment, I completely forgot that this was how I earned my living. I felt like carefree kid again, a basketball star and straight-A student, surfing on Avalon Beach with my buddies in the early Seventies, living in a ramshackle house in the dunes, drinking beer, and hooking up. "
"Bruce has what everyone who wants to be a model needs---he’s smart, handsome, fine and classy. All these qualities come through in his photographs. Sex, Love and Fashion is a must-read for anyone interested in modelling or acting. " Calvin Klein
"Bruce played an important role in ushering in a new kind of athleticism and realness to the sport of male modelling. His passion for life and dedication to his craft have always been an inspiration for top photographers, editors and stylists. " Jim Moore, creative director, GQ magazine
