Seated portrait of a tribesman ... Portraits of notable people

Seated portrait of a tribesman ... Portraits of notable peopleSeated 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. The man half kneels in the sand, resting his hands on his thighs. He wears a silver embossed khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt over his coloured thobe (long shirt) and a ghutra (headscarf) wrapped closely around his head. This image was taken between December 20, 1948, and January 27, 1949,

holding a peregrine falcon in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain

at Ahansal in the High Atlas range of mountains

wearing a decorated hat

the Governor of Upper Nile Province

In the distance the party's camels graze on scattered vegetation growing on rolling sands

View of four children standing in front of a large stone building in the village of Ash Shaykh

in a state of disrepair

A large group of Arab men and boys stands next to a well covered with a wooden frame

carrying a knife around his waist

Further along

prominent in the foreground

in the Al Ain / Buraimi oasis