Seated close up portrait of ... Thesiger Collection

Seated close up portrait of ... Thesiger CollectionSeated close up portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A man with a thick dark beard sits facing forward in front of some tall dry bushes. He wears a light coloured thobe (long shirt) with a square patterned ghutra (headscarf) tied around his head. His eyes are darkened by shadows cast by the strong sun. This image was taken between December 20, 1948, and January 27, 1949, during which time Wilfred Thesiger

) his tipping out

Behind him a stone wall runs across the background in the distance

at Ahansal in the High Atlas range of mountains

Standing full length portrait of an Arab falconer

sitting with one hand on his thigh

with a man standing in the foreground

In the foreground a group of Arab boys stand beside a few donkeys

and in the far distance more dunes line the horizon

In the far distance shrubs grow on a sand dune

Beyond the camp sand dunes rise in the far background

holding a peregrine falcon in Al Khatam sands near Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit)

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha and Thesiger