Robert Mapplethorpe discovered Fire Island like quite a few people did. His new lover in 1972,
Sam Wagstaff, had a shared beach house and took him there. Mapplethorpe photographed
Patti Smith, David Hockney and other notables on the island. The fellow at the center of the
photo above is Scott Bromley, a successful architect and interior designer.
Even sitting with your legs akimbo like that in a pair of Speedos could have been seen as provocative back then - but perhaps not on Fire Island where it was doubtless highly appreciated.
ReplyDeleteI'll go with appreciated based on the looks of his friends.
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