Portrait of two Arab sailors ... Frame:black

Portrait of two Arab sailors ... Frame:blackPortrait of two Arab sailors changing the sails on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. Two men perch on a sail yard, below which a sail hangs. On the left one man in a thobe (long shirt) and cap crouches on a wooden yard. On the right another man, wearing a ragged ghutra (headscarf) and thobe (long shirt), is is tying a rope. Behind them the sky is clear and empty of clouds. This image was taken during

Behind him a second tree grows

Portrait of a man from one of the Qara tribes standing in front of his hut in the Jabal Qara mountains

rest with their camels next to a large bush

Summit covered with cairns left by pilgrims over many years

They are each wearing a broad brimmed straw hat and carrying a long stick

Thesiger's party on a shooting trip in Danakil country in 1930

They are standing in front of the well

and in the far distance low hills rise above the horizon

In the foreground Arab men and women stand amongst a number of couched camels

facing towards the left

Portrait of a boy of the Yam

Salim bin Ghabaisha wears a cartridge belt and leather suspenders over his thobe (long shirt) and has a ghutra (headscarf) wrapped around his head