When I first began photographing the lives of the fishing communities in Kosi Bay in the late 1980s and early 1990s, their relationship with the conservation authorities was often tense and conflictual. An air of uncertainty prevailed and talk of removals was on everybody's mind. One had the overwhelming sense that here was another indigenous group of people and their traditions who will simply disappear behind a fence to make way for yet another game park to be enjoyed by the privileged. It was for these reasons, I decided to document their traditional fish trapping techniques, their culture and how they lived with nature. In the many trips I made over a number of years, I spent a week to ten days at a time, living with the fishing community of Nkovakeni, often visiting other villages in the area. These photographs record my experiences.