https://www.outerbankslighthousesociety.org/in_memoriam-bruce.html
(obituary)

What I posted in 2020 (edited):

Born in Mount Vernon, New York, he lived in Morehead City, North Carolina.

Also known for his travel photography and photos of lighthouses.

Not to be confused with the 70-ish singer-songwriter!

From "Contemporary Authors":

CAREER:
Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Fla., reporter, 1954-55; editor and publisher of weekly newspapers, Lumberton Post, Lumberton, N.C., and Scottish Chief, Maxton, N.C., 1956-58; Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, N.C., staff photographer, 1959-61; director of photography for Wilmington, Del., newspapers, 1962-63; free-lance photographer for magazines and books, 1963-78; Southern Living (magazine), Birmingham, Ala., director of photography, 1978--. Director, Carolina Illustrated, Inc. (photographic service).

AWARDS:
Named Southern Photographer of the Year, 1959 and 1961; first place awards in National Press Photographers Association news pictures competition, 1959, 1960, and 1961; Where Time Stood Still: A Portrait of Appalachia chosen by the New York Times editorial board as one of the outstanding children's books of 1970.

http://brucerobertsphotography.com/bio.html
(longish bio, with photo)

https://www.facebook.com/brucerobertsphotography/
https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00122/cah-00122.html
(short bio plus "Guide to the Bruce Roberts Photographic Archive,
1948-1989")

https://peoplepill.com/people/bruce-roberts-4/
(another bio, with his early photo of Elvis)
https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2014/11/10/photographer-recalls-capturing-nc-in-pictures/30971118007/
(article from 2014: "Photographer recalls capturing N.C. in pictures")

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Roberts_(photographer)

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22bruce+roberts%22+books&rlz=1CAFIXM_enUS887&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxo7WW5rjnAhUr2FkKHYyYA0sQ_AUoA3oECA4QBQ&biw=1920&bih=953
(book covers)

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22bruce+roberts%22+ghosts&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiM6MKX5rjnAhXNAt8KHUXqATAQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=%22bruce+roberts%22+ghosts&gs_l=img.3...21267.22374..22510...0.0..0.73.405.6......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......0i8i30j0i24.l4HgagR0wsI&ei=YNw5Xoy4I82F_AbF1IeAAw&bih=953&biw=1920&rlz=1CAFIXM_enUS887
(covers of the ghost books)

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/bruce-nancy-roberts/americas-most-haunted-places/
(Kirkus review of "America's Most Haunted Places")

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/25736.Bruce_Roberts
(reader reviews)

https://www.google.com/search?q=bruce+roberts+photographer&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiEseKh5bjnAhXSjFkKHZtHDUgQ_AUoA3oECBEQBQ&biw=1920&bih=953
(videos)

WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:

* (Coauthor) Light House Families, Crane Hill Publications, 1997.

* (Editor) The Face of North Carolina, illustrated with
photographs by the author and others, McNally & Loftin, 1962.

* The Carolina Gold Rush: America's First, illustrated with
photographs by the author and others, McNally & Loftin, 1971, 2nd
edition, 1972.

With Nancy Roberts; self-illustrated with photographs:

* Where Time Stood Still: A Portrait of Appalachia, Crowell-
Collier, 1970.

* This Haunted Land, McNally & Loftin, 1970.

* Ghosts and Specters: Ten Supernatural Stories from the Deep
South, Doubleday, 1974.

* Ghosts of the Wild West, Doubleday, 1976.

* America's Most Haunted Places, Doubleday, 1976.

Photographer:

* W. J. McNally, Harper's Ferry in Pictures, McNally (Charlotte,
N.C.), 1960.

* David Stick, The Cape Hatteras Seashore, McNally & Loftin, 1964,
revised edition, 1973; Frances Griffin, Old Salem in Pictures, McNally
& Loftin, 1966.

* Malcolm Boyd and Eric Sevareid, You Can't Kill the Dream
(contains Reflections by Boyd and The American Dream by Sevareid),
John Knox, 1968.

* Joel Rothman, At Last to Ocean: The Story of the Endless Cycle
of Water, Crowell-Collier, 1971.

* John Foster West, This Proud Land: The Blue Ridge Mountains,
McNally & Loftin, 1974.

Photographer for books by N. Roberts:

* An Illustrated Guide to Ghosts and Mysterious Occurrences in the
Old North State, Heritage House, 1959, 2nd edition, McNally & Loftin,
1967.

* Ghosts of the Carolinas, McNally & Loftin, 1962, 2nd edition,
1967.

* David, John Knox, 1968.

* Sense of Discovery: The Mountain, John Knox, 1969.

* A Week in Robert's World: The South, Crowell-Collier, 1969.

* The Governor, McNally & Loftin, 1972.

* The Goodliest Land: North Carolina, Doubleday, 1973.

* The Faces of South Carolina, Doubleday, 1976.

* You and Your Retarded Child, Concordia, 1977.

* Appalachian Ghosts, Doubleday, 1978.

* Southern Ghosts, Doubleday, 1979.

* (Photographer) Southern Lighthouses: Chesapeake Bay To The Gulf
of Mexico, Globe Pequot Press, 1989.

* Plantation Homes of the James River, University of North
Carolina Press, 1990.

* (Photographer) American Country Shores, Globe Pequot Press,
1991.

* (Photographer) Steel Ships and Iron Men: A Tribute to World War
II Fighting Ships and the Men Who Served on them, Globe Pequot Press,
1991.

* (Photographer) Western Lighthouses: Olympic Peninsula to San
Diego, Globe Pequot Press, 1993.

* (Photographer) Northern Lighthouses: New Brunswich to the Jersey
Shores, Globe Pequot Press, 1994.

* (Photographer) Great Lakes Lighthouses: Ontario to Superior,
Globe Pequot Press, 1994.

* (Photographer) Eastern Great Lakes Lighthouses: Ontario, Erie,
and Huron, Globe Pequot Press, 1996.

* (Photographer) New England Lighthouses: Bay of Fundy to Long
Island South, Globe Pequot Press, 1996.

* (Photographer) Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses: Hudson River to
Chesapeake Bay, Globe Pequot Press, 1996.

* (Photographer) Western Great Lakes Lighthouses: Michigan and
Superior, Globe Pequot Press, 1996.

* (Photographer) California Lighthouses: Oregon to the Aleutians,
Globe Pequot Press, 1997.

* (Photographer) Pacific Northwest Lighthouses: Point St. George
to the Gulf of Santa Catalina, Globe Pequot Press, 1997.

* (Photographer) Southeastern Lighthouses: Outer Banks to Cape
Florida, Globe Pequot Press, 1998.

* American Lighthouses: A Comprehensive Guide, Globe Pequot Press,
1998.

* (Photographer) Gulf Coast Lighthouses: Florida Keys to the Rio
Grande, Globe Pequot Press, 1998.

* (Coauthor) Moving Hatteras: Relocating the Capes Hatteras Light
Station to Safety, Light House Publications, 1998.

* (Coauthor) Cape Hatteras: America's Lighthouses, Cumberland
House, 1999.

* Lighthouse Ghosts by Norma Elizabeth & Bruce Roberts, 1999

* (Photographer) North Carolina Lighthouses, Lighthouse
Publications, 2000.