Seated portrait of one of ... Size:medium

Seated portrait of one of ... Size:mediumSeated portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's retainers at Al Ain. The man kneels in the sand holding a rifle in his right hand. He wears a thobe (long shirt) and a net patterned headscarf (ghutra), the ends of which hang down along his arm. He also wears a khanjar (dagger) tucked into his cartridge belt. In the background the sand is bare of vegetation, and in the far distance there is a line of trees. This image was taken during

In the foreground two of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions ride camels across a wide expanse of sand

In the distance beyond a sand dune dotted with vegetation rises into a low crest below a vast cloudless sky

partially shielding the pool from view

Half length portrait of a Bedouin boy from a camel caravan at Al Mukalla

View of Kandari nomads with a loaded camel and a mule

Behind them a dhow is moored close to shore

View of a man standing in front of a large stone building in the village of Ash Shaykh

waterproofing a mashuf (canoe) with pitch

When the stone point becomes dull it is sharpened by flaking the tip in the same manner that flint arrow points are made

Portrait of a man from the Bayt Itbok section of the Qara tribes

sitting and standing

The village is one of the finest and most perfect in the whole system of pueblos