Brave: Men and Fetish
BRAVE: Men and Fetish is a book edited by Stephan Niederwieser, editor-in-chief, and published by Bruno Gmünder in 2011. Jack Fritscher contributes ten photographs, listed below, including “Mike Jacobs: Dirty, Hot, Sweaty,” “Blake Twins: Thighs of Hercules,” and “Thrasher: Russian River Working Man – Chainsaw, Boots, Cigar.”
Bruno Gmünder was founded in Berlin in 1981 as Bruno Gmünder Verlag and has published gay lifestyle media including the magazine Männer and the Spartacus International Gay Guide.
Jack Fritscher, PhD, is an author, photographer, and former editor-in-chief of Drummer magazine, which he edited from 1977 to 1979. His books include the novel Some Dance to Remember and the memoir Mapplethorpe: Assault with a Deadly Camera. One of the ten photographs, “Keith Ardent: Rubber Cover, Drummer,” refers to that magazine; see the Drummer Magazine Archive for his work there. Fritscher, PhD, also appears in another Bruno Gmünder book, FUR: The Love of Hair (2012).
More of Jack Fritscher’s photographs in books by others: Ars Erotica, The Big Penis Book, and Petite Mort.
Stephan Niederwieser, Editor-in-Chief
Bruno Gmünder ©2011
Ten Photos by Jack Fritscher
- “Mike Jacobs: Dirty, Hot, Sweaty”
- “Blake Twins: Thighs of Hercules”
- “Chris Duffy: Fire. Man.”
- “Tom Howard: Bear Firefighter”
- “Master of Leather Bears”
- “Chris Duffy: Gym Training Coach”
- “Barnyard Wrestler”
- “Tom Howard: Thirsty Fireman”
- “Thrasher: Russian River Working Man – Chainsaw, Boots, Cigar”
- “Keith Ardent: Rubber Cover, Drummer“