Portrait of a peregrine falcon ... Portraits of notable people

Portrait of a peregrine falcon ... Portraits of notable peoplePortrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin), belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, resting in the sands near Al Ain. A peregrine falcon perches on a carved wooden wakir (block) staked in the sand. The peregrine's body faces towards the left, and it looks over its shoulder towards the right. The falconer's mangalah (cuff) lies in the sand in front of the wakir. In the background a vast expanse of sand continues into the far

The man at the front leads the camels on foot

View of several Nuer men in dug-out canoes swimming their cattle across the Nile River below Lake No

View of two turtle fishermen punting a canoe in the Abu Dhabi islands

wrapped in a striped blanket

Seated priest

Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's Awash expedition party

Portrait of two men and a boy at a settlement in the region between the village of 'Ar'arah and Jabal Mana'

The square building is one storey tall

Seated portrait of a Bedouin tribesman in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party crossing high sand dunes in the region of the 'Uruq ash Shaybah in the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter)

with a young man standing in the foreground

A fence made of stripped palm fronds lines the outside of the tent