Thesiger Collection

Seated group portrait of Wahiba Bedouin in the Wadi Halfayn. Four men and three boys kneel in the sand facing forward. In the distance beyond lies a vast flat plain...

Half length portrait of an Arab teenager standing in front of a house window in the coastal town of Al Birk. Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Portrait of two Wahiba Bedouin at Buraymah well in the Wadi Halfayn. In the foreground a man in a wraparound skirt and a girl in long robes stand at the...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking across a sand dune between oases in Liwa oasis. A large shrub grows on a small mound of sand in...

Group portrait of six Jewish boys at Ad Dali' suq (market). Six Jewish boys stand together in front of a stone wall. The boy at the centre is wearing a...

Portrait of a boy of the Mahra Bedouin at Habarut [Habrut] wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party setting up camp in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. In the near distance a group of men unload their...

View of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in sands north of Al Ain oasis. In the foreground three men stand amongst four camels couched in the sand....

Portrait of a herdsman of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin standing in a rocky wadi bed below Ayun spring.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Seated portrait of a boy of the Manahil Bedouin resting on a rock in a tributary of the Wadi Hadhramawt, north of Al-Saum. The boy is holding a hand full...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party with a camel at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet), near Al Qabil. In the near distance one of...

View of a group of palm traders and buyers at an open air market in the city of Sabya. In the foreground a group of men in loincloths stand beside...

View of a palm tree growing near a tall round tower near the town of Khamis Mushait. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of a Bedouin man, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, standing amongst ghaf trees in the Wadi Samhan. In the foreground a Bedouin man stands on a sand...

Portrait of two Bedouin men in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party cutting up meat from a slaughtered camel in the Wadi Hawshi. A large pile of bones lies on a cloth...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions watering camels at a well during the party's journey from Jebel Kawr / Jabal Buwaydah to Al Qabil. On the far left two men...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions aboard a dhow (sailboat) in the Abu Dhabi islands. A number of men and boys rest in a sailing boat. At the left, a...

Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp in the Wadi al 'Ayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Portrait of an older man of the Harasis Bedouin at Boi well in the Jiddat al Harasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Mahra Bedouin with water-skins at the Sarif wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...