Standing portrait of one of ... Africa 2

Standing portrait of one of ... Africa 2Standing portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's retainers in the Al Khatam sands near the mountain Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit). A man with a thick dark beard and moustache, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers, stands in the sand holding a camel stick next to a few short trees. He wears a light coloured thobe (long shirt) topped with a cartridge belt and ghutra (headscarf) tied around his head. Some bags lie in the sand

View of one of the dhows (sailboats) on which Wilfred Thesiger sailed through the Abu Dhabi islands with Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his retainers

In the background a herd of dark coloured camels is standing behind the boy

In the foreground two of the party's camels are couched on the ground

This image was taken between December 20

a tribesman of the Mahra Bedouin

View of a woman from the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin standing beside a camel at Manwakh well

likely a mosque

Behind them a beached dhow (sailboat) lies in shallow water

High above the ridge the sky is empty of clouds

Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger taken by an unknown photographer in the region surrounding Al Ain / Buraimi Oasis

In the distance rolling dunes continue to the far horizon

The two men in front are mounted on camels