Nearing forty, she's keenly aware that the time for artistic recognition is running out.When her lover, Bill, a Detroit mortician, needs a photograph of a body, she agrees to takes the picture. When Violet's new portfolio is launched, she quickly strikes a deal, agreeing to produce a dozen pictures with a short deadline. As time runs out, how will Violet come up with enough subjects to photograph without losing her soul or her life in the process?