Portrait of a peregrine falcon ... Iran

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 hooded peregrine falcon perches on a carved wooden wakir (block) staked in the sand. The peregrine faces towards the left. A falconer's mangalah (cuff) lies in the sand at the base of the wakir. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they

Portrait of a seated boy

with a tarada (sheikh's canoe) prominent in the foreground

facing to the right

Buildings at Shibam including a mosque

Portrait of a man (named Tiróso) from San Felipe pueblo

a Awamir Bedouin tribesman at a fort (likely Al Muwaiji Fort) in Al Ain

In the background clumps of vegetation grow scattered on a flat depression between sand dunes

The dune is dotted with a few bushes and small clumps of vegetation

the other riding a laden donkey

In the distance Qasr Ibrahim fort and the city walls of Al Hofuf sit alongside a stand of date palms

Two men stand in the foreground

A tribesman of the Duru Bedouin stands in the sand facing towards the near left foreground