Standing full length portrait of ... Type:stretched canvas

Standing full length portrait of ... Type:stretched canvasStanding full length portrait of a man and a thoroughbred camel on an Abu Dhabi island. A man wearing a headscarf, thobe (ankle length shirt) and a waistcoat stands to the right of a large pale thoroughbred camel with a rough rope halter. The camel belongs to an Abu Dhabi sheikh and has been left to pasture on this island. The ground is covered in fine sand, tufts of grass and small shrubs. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's week and a

The Potala as seen from the grounds of the Kundeling Monastery

one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions

Further along the aisle people walk through the market

and in the far distance deciduous trees grow on the mountain slopes

having surpassed every Indian

In the background two men work behind the dhow's sails

He wears a plain ghutra (headscarf) loosely held in place by a frayed 'agal (head rope) and a khanjar (dagger) over his thobe (shirt)

stands in the background wearing a loincloth and holding a khanjar

In the background a mosque and minaret sits along the left side of the street

In the distance behind

Locals walk through a spot of scattered sunlight inside a covered market aisle

Portrait of three Qara tribesmen