From alt.obituaries:

Bruce Roberts, who died June 16, 2023, aged 93, was an American photographer and author who began his career in the 1950s.

https://www.outerbankslighthousesociety.org/in_memoriam-bruce.html
(a long obit)

He started out as a reporter but soon moved into photography and was part of the group of photojournalists at The Charlotte Observer who pioneered the use of the 35 mm format cameras. Over the years his work has appeared in Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, and Time Life Books. Roberts was also a prolific writer, both with his first wife, Nancy Roberts and his second wife Cheryl Shelton-Roberts.

8:32 PM (5 minutes ago) 

What I posted in 2020:

Born in Mount Vernon, New York, he now lives 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.