Close up portrait of a ... Thesiger Collection

Close up portrait of a ... Thesiger CollectionClose up portrait of a tribesman of the Awamir Bedouin in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A smiling man with a thin curly beard faces directly forward, squinting into the sun. He wears a plain thobe (long shirt) and a patterned ghutra (headscarf) wrapped closely around his head. The wooden handle of a khanjar (dagger) is visible at his waist. This image was taken between December 20, 1948, and January 27, 1949, during which time Wilfred Thesiger

Close up portrait of Alaiwa bin Lutaiya

and leans on a camel stick in his other hand

In the near central distance a large multi-storeyed square building sits at the edge of a town square

View of houses built along the sea-front at Abu Dhabi

View of a young man lying on the ground having his hair dressed by another man

aiming a bow and arrow

waiting for water

In the distance a far hillside is visible

who quickly made me feel at home

Wooden boxes and large baskets sit along the right side of the aisle

In the foreground a group of dhows are moored crowded together in Dubai Creek

and in the far distance high dunes rise