Great feeling of sadness as I read here that James Bond had passed away. Probably anyone reading MetalBond’s or Bob Wingate’s blog has at one time seen some of his pictures of boys tied up….even if you didn’t know they were taken by James. His photographs were all over the Internet and certainly in Bound and Gagged magazine.

He was a serious Bondage enthusiast and a nice guy as well. I met him way back in 1984 when I lived in NYC. He tied me up out on Fire Island over a 4th of July holiday weekend. He LOVED tying up guys and watching them struggle. Gas Masks, Wet Suits, Dry Suits, Diving Helmets and Rope were his favorite pieces of gear to use.

I can only guess how many boys he probably tied up in all these years, but I’m sure it was in the 1000’s.

For those of you who might still have the Mr. S original 2 part catalog from years back.. the back cover photo is of me hanging upside down. That was Jim Boyd’s (James Bond) work on me out at Fire island way back in 1984.

He’ll be missed in the scene for sure. I guess still no word on what was the cause of his death.

We can all raise a ‘Toast’ to James tonight for all the joy he brought to many many guys in this scene.

This memoriam taken from the “Bound and Gagged Blog today…

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In Memoriam, James Bond
The James Bond we’re talking about is not the James Bond made famous by Sean Connery and others, but the great bondage photographer. I just learned of his death from my friend Metalbond, who himself has not heard many of the details yet, but will be putting up his own post about Jim on his excellent and always exciting blog site.

I hadn’t been in touch with Jim for a number of years, but without his great photo contributions, Bound & Gagged would have been a much less visually exciting magazine. He and I met soon after I started the New York Bondage Club in 1984. For Jim, who was as bondage-obsessed as I was, the club was a life saver, and truly brought him into his own. No one who was ever tied up by him, or ever saw his photos, will deny that.

Jim had at least three strong passions that I know about: for bondage, for diving and diving gear, and for trains. Apparently he was something of an eminence when it came to railroad trains, and published a number of books on the subject under his real name.

In the early years of the magazine, Jim and I got together every other month or so, for us to fool around and him to tie me up and photograph me for the little editorial page pic of the editor bound & gagged. Most of those pics, from that pre-digital age, have yet to be scanned, but here’s a selection of a bunch of Jim’s black and white photos published in the magazine, with more to come in the next few days.

Rest in peace, Jim.