Standing full length portrait of ... Africa

Standing full length portrait of ... AfricaStanding 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 suit jacket stands to the right of a large 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 half

Upper body portrait of two men in Al Ain/Buraimi oasis

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions descending a dune slope north of Al Ain during the party's journey from Al Ain to Ramlat Unayq

In the far distance salt bushes grow scattered across a vast salt flat bordered by high dunes

with a trim beard and curly hair

Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger (centre) and four sheikhs

High above them a sail fills with wind

and which towed a two-deck barge attached to its side

Full length portrait of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party

View of tents at an encampment in the Qandil range of mountains

View of water sellers fetching imported water from a dhow (sailboat) at the harbour in Kuwait City

View of Bedouin men hauling water from the well of Ma' Shadid in the Wadi Ghudun

and in the far distance high dunes rise