Profile portrait of a tribesman ... Frame:goldProfile portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin, a falconer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A man with a pointed beard poses in profile, facing towards the right. He wears a ghutra (headscarf) wrapped closely around his head and a coloured thobe (long shirt). He is smiling and his eyes are closed. This image was taken between December 20, 1948, and January 27, 1949, during which time
wearing a large dagger in a scabbard across his waist
The man stands facing towards the right
View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party taking a rest on sandy ground in a wadi north of the town of Al-Saum
In the background a few men stroll through the square
walk camels in a trough between low dunes
In the distance beyond the dunes a vast flat stretches into the distance
with people gathered on the street in the foreground
Seated portrait of an old Arab man at the village of Sawda
The man on the far left holds a rifle
He is wearing a broad-brimmed straw hat
In the far distance a number of dhows are moored
Behind him a vast sand flat dotted with small tufts of vegetation stretches without interruption into the far horizon
