THEN & Retirement of work from 1989 to 2019.

This is for the lurkers who stalk my website.

I would like to be clear on my creating the book, THEN.

Here are the facts on the book. Yes, it contains models I worked with from 1989 to 2019. Are a few models omitted from the book? Yes! If I promised and or arranged shelving your work, I will stand by what I have stated. Your work (4 models total) has been removed from book. They won't be in it. Two of the model's work have been shelved and store away in 2019/2022. Never to be used again. One model, his work was lost many years ago on a computer that went belly up. The fourth model we had a falling out, she wants everything we ever did with each other, destroyed, well actually she first tried extorting all my RAW files from me, but instead I deleted her entire archive of work. So, no! She will not be in it. Her work is gone.

As for the rest of the models in the book, THEN. I'll say this once more time, so EVERYONE gets it. I am retiring ALL your work with me. All of it. (other than what is on my websites) ...I have it preset what models I will continue to use and most know who they are. The brunt of the book, all the models, all the images, retired. In fact, what little of the models there are in the book, it doesn't even scratch their entire portfolio. EVERYTHING I shot in 1989 to 2019, shelved and stored away. I'm considering deleting RAW and Jpeg files as well. If I die than any files that still exist, are listed to be destroyed. Even my estate won't have any form of RAW files or jpegs. This book is literally your ticket out. 1989 to 2000...all worked shelved permanently! 2007 to 2013...all work shelved, permanently, other than the work of Rachel Lawrence due to an ongoing book that is about her. Once her book is completed then her work will also be shelved. 2014 to 2016...all work shelved permanently, 2017 to 2019...all work shelved permanently. I'm not sure I can say it any easier.

The only images that will exist other than the book, THEN... is this website and my old model's site which states it's an ARCHIVE WEBSITE. It has very little left to put on it, and once that is done it will no longer have work added. These are my existing online portfolios. I will NOT and I repeat, NOT be getting rid of images off my websites. They will remain. BUT, I have already removed models work, mainly the four, who wanted their work removed. No one else will be afforded this. Most of the models on both these sites are from my work I shot from 2014 to 2019.

Additionally, I have retired my main IG profile. Three IG's have been made private. (KERRYRAYTRACYPHOTO, HORRORPHOBIX and 5th LIGHT STUDIO. I have created new IG profiles to replace them. So, for the models who are in the book THEN and also on my old IG profile, I have made it very hard for people to see your old work. Plus, I plan on deleting a large amount of the images. I have also blocked a few in attempt to distance myself from them. This website has zero contact options. This website will hold my portfolio and a link to my new work. That's it.

Why am I doing this? I'm tired of looking at the same old work, much of which has a negative attachment to it. Believe me, one knife in my back hurts, but many knives...Jesus! For me, this is cathartic and for my well-being. I have decided to start over in 2027, clean slate. I saw a photographer, about my age do this same thing and honestly, I was jealous he did it, so I'm following in his path. I will begin looking for new models, with zero connection to the models I have worked with in the past. Everything new.

Release of the book, THEN? Currently, at the time of this post, I'm seeing a December 2026 release. A print copy can be bought through, Blurb Books. But a PDF will not be sold through Blurb. The PDF will be available through me personally/PayPal. Yes! I am doing this for a reason.

So, here we are. I've explained this over and over until I am blue in the face. THEN is an ending. My new work will be titled...NOW.

Thank you for your time.

K