Seated portrait of a tribesman ... Afghanistan

Seated portrait of a tribesman ... AfghanistanSeated portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin at Wilfred Thesiger's party's campsite in the Baynunah sands. The man has a thick beard and buckteeth crouches in the sand in front of a bush. He wears a square patterned ghutra (headscarf) draped over his head and shoulders, a light thobe (long shirt) and holds a camel stick against his shoulder. Behind him camping gear lies in the sand in the background. This image was taken during Wilfred

View of sailors working on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island

Behind him is a vast expanse of sand

with donkeys carrying goatskins of water (brought from the Shatt al Arab) in the foreground

View of five tethered peregrine falcons sitting on their blocks

Seated portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Bedouin retainers in Al Ain

The camels are dragging weights across the crop

then housed in Al Fahidi Fort

kneels in an area of bare sand

He wears a patterned ghutra (headscarf) on his head and a light coloured waistcoat over his thobe (long shirt)

View of an Arab family with two camels in rocky terrain near the village of As Sayl al Kabir

The boy second from the right is wearing a leather necklace with two leather prayer amulets

a man who was one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions and a sheikh of the Duru