
The Arabian Peninsula
In 2006 I embarked on a long-term project photographing the modern-day Arabian Peninsula, a region whose history, people and cultures fascinate me; a region where the gaze takes in at a single glance the mountains, desert and sea; a region where the history and geography have inspired countless legends and tales of adventure.
The deliberate use by its inhabitants of vibrant colors in an otherwise stark natural environment prompted me to revert to color photography.
The dazzling stars in the boundless sky, and a sensation of the vastness of the desert at times aroused in me an overwhelming sense of fulfillment. This was among the many rewards of these solitary travels through the vast expanses extending from the desert to the sea dotted with some of today’s most futuristic cities.

Qatar, 2009

The Empty Quarter, Oman, 2006

View from the Almoayyed tower, Manama, Bahrain, 2007

View from the Almoayyed tower, Bahrain, Manama, 2007

View from the Almoayyed tower, Manama, Bahrain, 2009

Financial Harbour, Manama, Bahrain, 2009

Indian couple and IPod, Bahrain, 2007

Ski-Dubai, Mall of the Emirates, Dubai, 2007

Jumeirah beach, Dubai, 2007

Race course, Dubai, 2007

Dubai, 2008

Abu Dhabi suburbs, 2006

Near Manaka, Yemen, 2006

Shibam, Hadramawt, Yemen, 2007

Shibam, Hadramawt, Yemen, 2007

Mud brick palace, Tarim, Hadramawt, Yemen, 2007

Kuwait Towers seen through a house destroyed during the 1990 Iraq-Kuwait war, 2008

Archeological site dating back to the passage of Alexander the Great’s army ca. 331BC-324BC, Failaka island, Kuwait, 2008

On Failaka Island, Kuwait, 2008

Taking in the view from Kuwait Towers, Kuwait City, 2008

Shamian diwaniya, or men’s assembly, Kuwait, 2008

Smoking the shisha, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2011

Old souk, Sanaa, Yemen, 2006

Open air Egyptian café, Al Balad, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2011

View from Noor Wali house, Al Balad, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2011

Al Balad, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2011

Noor wali, Al Balad, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2011

Noor wali, Al Balad, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2011

House of the architect Sami Angawi, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2011

House of the architect Sami Angawi, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2011

Gallery ATHR, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2011

Corniche, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2011

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2011

On a roundabout, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2011

Restaurant, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2011

Fishing, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2011

Camel market, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2011

Mukalla, Hadramawt, Yemen, 2007

Hodeida, Red Sea, Yemen, 2006

Mirbat, Dhofar, Oman, 2007

Fjord, Musandam, Oman, 2005

The Creek, Dubai, 2007

The Creek, Dubai, 2007

Doha, Qatar, 2007

Corniche, Doha, Qatar, 2007

Corniche, Doha, Qatar, 2007

Museum of Islamic Art (MIA), Doha, Qatar, 2009

Villagio shopping mall, Doha, Qatar, 2007

Corniche, Doha, Qatar, 2007

Abu Dhabi, 2006

Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi, 2009

Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi, 2009

Amiriya Madrasa, Rada, Yemen 2007

Amiriya Madrasa and Fort, Rada, Yemen, 2007

As Shir, Hadramawt, Yemen, 2007

Bugshan Palace, Wadi Do’han, Hadramawt, Yemen, 2007

Qat field, Dhamar, Yemen, 2007

Qat field, Dhamar, Yemen, 2007

Sardines drying, Dhofar, Oman, 2007

Sardines drying, Dhofar, Oman, 2007