View of a bush in ... Afghanistan

View of a bush in ... AfghanistanView of a bush in the region of Al Dhafra sands taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey to Baynunah. In the central foreground a large bush grows in a stretch of wind rippled sand dotted with a few tufts of vegetation. In the distance beyond more bushes grow in a depression between dunes. In the distance low rolling dunes continue into the far horizon below a cloudless sky. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Al Ain to Liwa

behind the sheikhs

Portrait of two women

In the foreground a ruined fort sits in the left distance on a vast barren plain

with two men standing in the foreground

View of people on the beach outside Shihr

On the left a man takes water from the hawd

Group portrait of Sa'ar Bedouin sitting in front of their cave in the Raydat as Say'ar

Portrait of a young Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and a man in Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain

A young man stands in front of huts in the village of Umm al Khashab

Portrait of a man holding two spears

with animals grazing in the distance

View of people with six laden camels crossing the desert plain of the Dasht-i Lut ('Desert of Lot')