Postcard from Ghana: Projects

Before I left for Ghana, Women in Progress assigned me three volunteer projects and I added one more for a total of four projects in four weeks.  My official assignments are:

1. Fashion and product photography for WIP’s product catalog, from my base in Cape Coast
2. Documentary photography of WIP’s new paper-making project in Edumafa
3. Creating a marketing brochure for WIP’s cultural workshops (www.ghanaexpeditions.com)

And, as a personal documentary project, I would like to photograph the lives of local women.

But, right before I arrived, my host asked if I’d like to stay in Accra a few days and photograph beads for their new wholesale bead catalog.  Of course I said yes.  Doing so also meant I got to join Renae, her husband and Peace Corps volunteer Emily for a weekend trip to Krobo, headquarters of WIP’s bead production, and stay in a fabulous lakeside retreat called Aylos Bay.  Beautiful, isn’t it?

Can’t wait to share more,

Kate Watson, Photographer
http://www.katewatsonphotography.com