View of a Manasir Bedouin ... Portraits of notable people

View of a Manasir Bedouin ... Portraits of notable peopleView of a Manasir Bedouin encampment in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. Six men and children relax around a fire in front of a large tent erected in an expanse of sand dotted with scattered bushes. Four Manasir sit in a circle around the fire while a fifth Manasir man stands up next to the tent. An Arab man, a falconer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, stands to the right of the group. He wears a cartridge belt with leather

In the foreground a man walks toward a group of saddled and loaded camels resting beside a low tree

He is missing one arm

Portrait of a trained peregrine falcon and a thoroughbred Omani camel

The camel is loaded with a camel litter that is made from a wood frame covered in cloth

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the region of the Suhul plains (Suhul al Kidan)

stands with his hands on his hips at a high point on a dune ridge

A large building at seiyun

lead eight camels along the top of a low dune

Small children play in the water between the boats

women and children

In the central background a steep limestone cliff

In the foreground a dry abal (Calligonum comosum) grows in wind-rippled sand