Ed Flores

*******STATUS UPDATE AS OF OCTOBER 2009**********

TO ALL OF MY FRIENDS, NEW AND OLD, HERE ON MODELMAYHEM.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL COMMENTS AND MESSAGES.

IT'S BEEN GREAT MEETING, TALKING AND WORKING WITH SO MANY TALENTED MODELS.

RECENTLY HOWEVER,, I'VE BEEN RECONSIDERING THE WORK I CREATE.

I'VE REALIZED THAT IT'S TIME FOR ME TO LEAVE THE WORK TO OTHERS, THAT ARE ABLE TO CREATE WORK THAT I HAVE NO DESIRE TO CREATE OR SHOOT.

MY WORK IS CLEAN, SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE; NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS.

IT HAS GRACED THE PAGES OF NATIONALLY PUBLISHED FASHION MAGAZINES FOR SOME OFTHE BEST KNOWN COMPANIES AROUND.

BUT, IT ISN'T THE TYPE OR STYLE OF WORK THAT MODELS SEEK OR WANT IN THEIR BOOKS.

SIMPLE PHOTOS ARE OUT AND EXTREME IS IN.

EXTREME IS FINE, YET WITHOUT PASSION, IT'S SIMPLY AN OVERDONE PORTRAIT PHOTO.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS NOT MY STYLE AND THOUGH I AM ABLE TO CREATE THAT WORK, IT IS NOT WHERE MY HEART AND MY VISION IS.

IT'S TIME TO LEAVE MODELMAYHEM BEFORE I BEGIN TO LOSE MYSELF AND FORGET WHY I BECAME A PHOTOGRAPHER.

IN THE END, I SINCERELY HOPE I'VE GIVEN BACK A BIT MORE THAN I'VE RECEIVED.

WITH THAT SAID, I WILL BE PHASING OUT MY WORK AS I COMPLETE THE PROJECTS I HAVE COMMITTED TO.

I HAVEN'T DECIDED HOW MUCH I WILL DO IN THE FUTURE OR HOW MUCH I WILL BE ON MODELMAYHEM.

I STILL LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY WITH A UNYIELDING PASSION, SO OCCASIONALY YOU MAY SEE SOME NEW IMAGES HERE, BUT AT THIS POINT, IT SEEMS RATHER UNLIKELY.

WITH THAT SAID, IT WAS A FUN RIDE WHILE IT LASTED.

ED


**BUYING A CAMERA DOESN'T MAKE YOU A PHOTOGRAPHER, IT MAKES YOU A CAMERA OWNER**

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