Seated group portrait of five ... Tibet

Seated group portrait of five ... TibetSeated group portrait of five villagers or Bedouin men in the region of Al Ain oasis. Five men holding rifles kneel in the sand in half shade. All the men wear thobes (long shirts) and headscarves (ghutra). At the centre of the group a man wears a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt attached to leather bandoliers over his thobe, and also holds a camel stick. In the far background a few trees grow in the along the horizon. This image was taken during

low rolling dunes stretch out towards the horizon below a vast cloudless sky

Behind him on the left a tree casts shade over a palm fence

He holds a rifle over his shoulder and looks out into the far distance

Both camels face forward

one of whom is leading a camel

with the Qandil range of mountains in the distance

Portrait of a group of young men and boys from the Humaydah tribe standing on rocky ground in the region between Suq ath Thulutha and Wadi Hali

In the far distance high mountains rise along the far edge of the plain

rises high above nearby buildings

Men sit crowded together on the deck of the dhow

The Potala from the west with the Kyichu river in the foreground

kneels in the sand