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The goal for each of the outposts is to support the work of the home base, not

usually the outpost itself. It can be a trap to spend too much time with any of the
outposts, because things change, some outposts become less popular over time.
You also own the content and work you create in the home base, whereas most
of what happens in an outpost is “owned” by another company.

Disaster and Recovery:

“STUCK IN MALI AGAIN” EDITION

As a full-time freelance photographer based in Accra, Ghana, Nyani Quarmyne
is no stranger to adventure. In West Africa, there are few laws that are widely
followed, especially when it comes to copyright and intellectual property. Most
of the time, everything works out—but not always. Here’s how Nyani tells the
story:

When I was just starting out, I shot a couple of small jobs for a Ghanaian
creative agency. Shortly thereafter I got a call from them asking if I could do an
urgent shoot for a new client, necessitating travel to a couple of countries in the
region. The deadline was really tight; it was a get-the-call-today-and-leave-in-
the-morning kind of thing, and even the details of exactly where we would be
going remained in flux until the last minute. Having shot for the agency before,
they had seen and signed my contracts previously, and I made the mistake of
thinking they understood how I work and the basis on which I was undertaking
this job. So in the rush I omitted to get the paperwork squared away, and off we
went.