Portrait of a peregrine falcon ... IranPortrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin), belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, resting in the sands near Al Ain. A peregrine falcon perches on a carved wooden wakir (block) staked in the sand, looking into the sky. In the background a vast expanse of sand continues into the far distance. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the
View of people from one of the Qara tribes crossing a field in the Jabal Qara mountains
In the right foreground a man sits beside a basket with a large pile of herbs spread out on a blanket in front of him
View of two boats in water off the Corniche in the town of Abu Dhabi
Group portrait of two women and two children
In the foreground two men over the sail
In the distance beyond trees grow across a vast hillside
Profile portrait of a boy of the Qara tribe in the Wadi Darbat
View of Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp in the Wadi 'Aydim near Mudday [image is out of focus]
He wears a cartridge belt and suspenders over his light coloured thobe (shirt) and an embroidered ghutra (headscarf)
and as the range is a good one and the water of the Nutria springs can be readily taken out for purposes of irrigation
The men haul water from the well via ropes and pulleys attached to the wooden frame over the well
and each has a barjeel (wind tower) atop its roof
