View of a man standing ... Type:unstretched canvas

View of a man standing ... Type:unstretched canvasView of a man standing with three camels in Al Ain oasis. At the centre a man in a light coloured thobe (long shirt) pulls on the head rope of a saddled camel. Beside him, on the right, another saddled camel is couched by some bushes. At the far left another camel grazes on a large bush. In the far distance more trees grow. This image was taken during April 6 30, 1948, when Wilfred Thesiger stayed at Al Muwaiji fort in Al Ain as a guest of Sheikh

A dhow sails directly into the foreground

follows along at the back of the group

In the far background a high shade canopy crosses the road on which people are walking

paddling it forward

View of huts made of Arish (dry palm fronds

resting with their loads

Full length portrait of three Awamir Bedouin women at a well near Al Ain

the palace of the Emir

dig out a well while a few camels wait expectantly nearby

Group portrait of Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan (left)

View of the door to the prison in Al Fahidi fort in the Bastakiya quarter of old Dubai

All three men are tribesmen of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin