The BIG PICTURE - A Camera, A Young Woman, An Uncompromising Ethic

Literature & Fiction

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Freyja is a young. ambitious photographer. By chance she takes pictures of demonstration that turns deadly. Powerful people, try to to suppress her photos with threats and bribes but she perseveres. People close to her are compromised. Freyja is not. The pictures influence the outcome of an election but things don’t change. Freyja leaves the country on assignment to photograph the Mexican drug war. Her lover is murdered by the cartels. She discovers that the cartels have a connection back home. Freyja returns home to expose the corruption. Again her camera plays a significant role. She succeeds with the help of friends she’d previously written off. Freyja realizes not everything is black and white, and how you view the big picture depends entirely on your perspective.

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Rod Raglin is a journalist, photographer and keen environmentalist living on the west coast of Canada. He’s the author of thirteen self-published novels, a collection of short stories and two plays. To read excerpts of his work visit his Amazon author page at https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B003DS6LEU
His short fiction and poetry frequently appear in online publications. For links to short stories and poems accepted and published individually or in an anthology most of which are free to read, visit https://revuecommunitynews.com/rod-raglin-author
He blogs about ‘Writing – the experience’ at http://rodraglin.wordpress.com/
Follow him on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/rodraglin and on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100013287676486

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The artists' default position - what have I got to

If you're an artist of any ilk, at some point someone will ask you to offer up a performance or one of your creations for free. In their mind the justification is it costs you little or nothing to create so what's the big deal. They might also suggest that the publicity will be good for you, after all, what good is your artwork doing in your studio. You may be chagrined but then you realize they're right. Besides, what have you got to lose?

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The BIG PICTURE - A Camera, A Young Woman, An Uncompromising Ethic

Carly continued, her modulated tones back in control. “People are afraid to come downtown. Galleries are always hanging on by a wire, but now more than ever.”

“Well, pardon me if I don’t commiserate with you but I’ve spent three years and thousands of dollars to get this far and now it seems I’ll be ‘lucky’ to recoup my costs after you take your cut.”

The gallery owner’s fingers tapped the page. “Are you reconsidering?”

“Reconsidering? No, I just need a moment to get my head around doing without necessities, working shit jobs, and taking public transit only to lose money when my art finally sells.”

“My goodness, dear, didn’t they teach you anything in art school?”

Freyja pulled the contract toward her. There would be sales, there would be glowing reviews, there would be success. She was that good. Besides, her photos weren’t doing any good gathering dust in the storage locker of Mallory’s condo. She signed.

The BIG PICTURE - A Camera, A Young Woman, An Uncompromising Ethic

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Rod Raglin

The BIG PICTURE - A Camera, A Young Woman, An Uncompromising Ethic

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Author Insight

The artists' default position - what have I got to

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The BIG PICTURE - A Camera, A Young Woman, An Uncompromising Ethic

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