This exhibition brings together a body of work, which has spanned two decades. Arriving at the capital of Bushmanland, Tjum!kui in 1984, I found people lining up for the bottlestore and shop, men in army uniforms, a state of drunkeness and social decay. My expectations of an egalitarian, hunter - gatherer society living in harmony with nature were shattered.

The project has taken me to three countries - Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. I have visited nearly all the communities who are considered San. All have been dispossessed in varying degrees. Most recently the !Gwi and the Gana people of central Kalahari in Botswana. In some parts in Namibia, namely eastern Bushmanland and areas of Botswana, people still have access to land where hunting and gathering can take place. I wish simply to try and show the life of a one time harmonious culture in a state of change, flux and struggle. I hope that these images bring the viewer closer to the experience of the San of today in Southern Africa.