Portrait of a sailor mending ... Iran

Portrait of a sailor mending ... IranPortrait 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 been spread out over the sand. On the left behind him a water barrel sits in the sand, while in the background on the right a man stands beside one of the dhows (sailboats) beached in the sand. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they

and many have wooden grates and bars covering their windows

Further beyond more booms and dhows sail along the horizon

In the distance beyond a vast sand flat stretches uninterrupted into the far distance

In the far distance beyond sand dunes rise along the horizon below a hazy sky

His hands rest together on his knees and a camel stick leans against his shoulder

dotted with a few sparse areas of vegetation

north of Al Ain

The sand beneath the camel is entirely bare of any vegetation

The peregrine faces forwards

carrying a falcon in the sands surrounding Al Ain

Some of the men also wear khanjars (daggers) on cartridge belts over their thobe

at the side of Dubai Creek