Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a sailor mending a sail on the shore of Dubai Creek. In the left foreground a sailor sews the edge of a length of sail cloth that has...

Full length standing portrait of a boy and donkey in front of a house wall in Sharjah. A teenage boy stands to the left of his donkey in front of...

Seated portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers at Al Muwaiji Fort. A man in a light-coloured thobe (long shirt) and a patterned ghutra (headscarf) kneels...

View of a fisherman and boy on Shindagha beach in Dubai. A fisherman and a boy stand together beside a large water barrel sitting on the sand. Behind them, on...

View of a tent at a Manasir encampment in Baynunah sands. In the foreground camel droppings litter the sand in front of a large tent in the midst of a...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting under a tree west of the Hamrat ad Duru region. In the foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companions stands beside a tall...

View of men and camels standing near houses in Abu Dhabi. Two men and three camels stand in an open sandy area in front of a number of 'arish huts...

View of a group of locals at a well in the town of Qalat Bishah. A large group of Arab men and boys stands next to a well covered with...

Group portrait of Arab men and boys assembled for a marriage dance in the Wadi Hali. Many of the participants are holding long sticks and wear garlands of herbs in...

View of a city square in the city of Jeddah. A few people walk through the square, which is framed by two storey buildings and a line of single storey...

View of buildings lining the shore of Dubai Creek. In the foreground a moored dhow (sailboat) sits in the middle of Dubai Creek. On the shore behind it a large,...

View of a crowd of shoppers and traders from the 'Amara tribe at the Suq ath Thulutha market. In the foreground people stand with cows.Due to the nature of these...

View of a j?lb?t [jalboot], a small type of dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. The j?lb?t flies one sail from its single mast...

View of sailors on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. Three men perch on a section of the main yard that sits between...

Full length sanding portrait of an Arab falconer, a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, in the Al Ain / Buraimi oasis. The falconer stands in...

Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin in Al Khatam sands, near Al Ain. A man sits on a mound of sand. His hands rest together on his...

Portrait of a young man from the Humaydah tribe with two boys in the region between Suq ath Thulutha and Wadi Hali. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Seated portrait of Sahail bin Tahi, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party, at a camp fire in the region of Baynunah sands. Sahail bin Tahi, a tribesman of the Mudairiba...

View of a small fishing baqqarah (a type of sailboat) moored along the creek or Deira Corniche in Dubai. A small baqqarah is moored in shallow water with its sails...

View of a man and a boy threshing wheat with a pair of yoked cows. In the background sits the city of Abha. Due to the nature of these images,...