Half-length portrait of an older ... Size:large

Half-length portrait of an older ... Size:largeHalf length portrait of an older Bedouin man outside Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain. A man wearing a thobe (long shirt) and a headscarf (ghutra) topped with a thin black aghal (head rope) stands in front of the walls of Al Muwaiji fort. He has a thick grey beard man and is wearing a cartridge belt. The fort wall behind him has a triangular decoration along the top of the wall. This image was taken during April 6 30, 1948, when Wilfred Thesiger stayed at Al

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking across a plain between mountain ridges in the Al Ghamid tribal region

owned by Wilfred Thesiger in 1950

In the foreground three men and a woman stand at the opening of a well hauling water

In the centre is Shakhbut bin Sultan

Full length portrait of a young boy

Seated portrait of two young boys of the Al Nahyan family sitting in the sand in Al Ain

Behind the men a lantern hangs from the cloth-covered frame of the boat's awning

on which a coffee urn is being heated

a short distance from the end

A few dry bushes grow at the bottom of the dune and piles of gear lie in the sand next to the camels

Sideways with Daffodil by Sue Johnson 2011

Portrait of two boys in Baydayn village in Wadi Hali