Half length standing portrait of ... Frame:gold

Half length standing portrait of ... Frame:goldHalf length standing portrait of an Iranian (possibly Baluch) porter in Dubai. A middle aged man with a small straight moustache stands on a Dubai street in front of wooden door. He wears a light coloured waistcoat over his thobe (long shirt) and an embroidered headscarf tied over a white taqiyah cap. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers

In the foreground locals stand in the midst of a pack of donkeys carrying heavy loads of wood

and snow-covered mountains (and the Chianta glacier just visible) in the distance

Behind the tumulus a vast empty flat stretches out uninterrupted to the far horizon

The hooded peregrine falcon perches on a mangalah (cuff) he holds in his hand

stands in profile in the central foreground on a wind-rippled dune

In the foreground a moored dhow (sailboat) sits in the middle of Dubai Creek

This dress is supposed to be that which was worn by the ancient kings of Tibet

At the back of the dhow

In the far distance a hobbled camel wanders across the salt flat amongst scattered vegetation

while a few goats graze nearby

with a man standing beside it

and a few men stand in the boat alongside the sail