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Episode #212: Ema Peter / Photographer

Visual Revolutionary

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You Know When You Come to Canada You're Taking Every Opportunity

The Bulgarian film industry in communist times were funded by the communist regime and when the regime fell they all lost their jobs so I watched complete collapse of that industry as well which was very hard to watch. My dad said you'll never make money with photography this is what he told me I think he was worried that like photography in Bulgaria it's a struggle there. When I came to Canada my first job was one hundred and thirty five dollars a day which for the Canadians was nothingYeah I felt like I hit the jackbook and this shows you change of perspective if you come from nothing and you're given this you're gonna give 100 percent of yourself because somebody's given you not only the opportunity but

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