View of rolling sand dunes ... Portraits of notable people

View of rolling sand dunes ... Portraits of notable peopleView of rolling sand dunes in Al Batin sands region of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) between Al Dhafra sands and Liwa oasis. A large bush grows from the side of a dune in the foreground, and beyond it rolling dunes stretch out into the distance. A bare salt flat (sabkha) lies beyond in the background at the right. The salt flat is encircled by steep dunes. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage

In the foreground a family of Sahul Bedouin sit together in a line

Portrait of a tribesman of the Utaybah Bedouin watering his camels at one of the Rumah wells

A large pale thoroughbred camel stands in profile facing towards the left

a camel which Wilfred Thesiger rode from Al Ain to Sharjah

The party's camels are grazing on ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees

On the left a men man sits on a camel

while to the right of the group three camels stand beside them in the sand

three of whom are standing holing poling sticks

Portrait of a Shilluk man carrying a wooden club over his right shoulder

and Mexican against whom he has run

a wooden barjeel (wind tower) rises high above the houses

In the foreground water-skins are loaded onto donkeys