The book follows the personal and artistic journey of the British maker across the world. That journey is the thread of a deeper reflection on his own identity as part of the universal family of human beings. His travels are like field expeditions, full of preparation and contingency, and can last weeks or months: for him travelling is part of the process, a resolute search for what it means to be human at the core of our shared origins on the African continent.

He shares his continuing search for a form that embraces what he experiences in the field, when he finds a harmony with people, nature and light — a sense of balance that analogue work, in the form of large 10x8 negatives, comes close to expressing and that lets him crystallise every emotion in a single instant. Through his shots the journey also becomes ours, and the indigenous peoples portrayed become the protagonists of a story of beauty without frills.