View of a peregrine falcon ... Jacques-Philippe Potteau

View of a peregrine falcon ... Jacques-Philippe PotteauView of a peregrine falcon (shahin) killing its prey, a MacQueen's Bustard (houbara), in the sands surrounding Al Ain. In the foreground a peregrine falcon, which belongs to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, pins a MacQueen's Bustard to the ground with its talons. The peregrine holds its wings out over the MacQueen's Bustard to maintain its balance. Plants and small vegetation grow on the sandy ground. Due to the nature of these

In the far distance sand dunes stretch out across the horizon below a hazy sky

Behind them a boy stands at the entrance to the hut

Group portrait of two women and two children

which also enclose a date palm plantation

The people stand at the top of a long

holding the rifle given to him by Thesiger

Seated portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers sitting with a peregrine falcon in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain

Portrait of a young Zuni woman

sitting on rocks

In the right background a second boom is moored further from shore

The camel is loaded with a camel litter

On the left behind the men camels are couched in the sand