Portrait of an Arab falconer ... Frame:blackPortrait of an Arab falconer, a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, with a falcon at a well in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. An Arab falconer in a dark thobe (long shirt) and patterned ghutra (headscarf) stands holding a hooded peregrine falcon, which is perched on a mangalah (cuff) he holds in his hand. In his other hand he holds the head rope of a saddled camel which is standing behind him. In the background scattered clumps
View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the Jaub depression in desert of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)
In the foreground trees and bushes grow on a gravelly flat
Rays of scattered sunlight filter through the palm frond canopy covering the market
The boy wears a cloth tied around his waist
Behind the dunes an area of salt flat (sabkha) can be seen beneath a high
with cattle (and buffaloes) in the background
Seated portrait of three Utaybah Bedouin men resting in the sand at one of the Rumah wells
Some of the houses of the village are erected on the tops of others in consequence of the heaping sands
In the far distance a line of trees grows along the horizon
circular-shaped sand hollows
Group portrait of three boys from the Bayt Gidad lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin sitting on a rock in the Wadi Haluf
Four of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions lead their camels down a softly sloping dune
