Including rare images of Khor Fakkan

[Al-Ittihad Newspaper]. [Khor Fakkan: collection of photographs].

€ 28,000.00

Press photographs of remote sites across the Emirates, including rare images of Khor Fakkan predating the construction of the deep-water port and the wave of modernist architecture that reached the Sharjah exclave around 1980, next to shots of winding desert roads, Land Rovers on their way to Fujairah, road signs, historical forts and desert scenery. By contrast, fine aerial shots of Abu Dhabi and the evolving Corniche depict the busier side of the Emirates, the material including street and city views, landmarks such as Al Maqta Tower, Al Maqta Bridge and Al Hosn fort, a fine shot of Dubai Creek including the Mazda building, Dalma crude oil tanker operated by Abu Dhabi National Tanker Company, Old Sharjah Airport Mosque which was located near the airport in Al Qasimia, ship building yards, construction sites, souqs, agricultural plantations and shots of the local population showing women and children, tribesmen, shop keepers, fishermen, farmers and construction workers.

Many photographs are captioned and dated by Al-Ittihad Newspaper on the reverse; the same size and nature of the remaining photographs suggests that they were also produced (but not captioned) by Al-Ittihad or a similar news agency.

Unusual in its extent, the present archive documents architecture, roads and remote sites across the UAE that have since disappeared or dramatically changed, depicting Khor Fakkan as a cluster of narrow stone buildings, featuring groups of fishermen against the backdrop of the Shumayliyah Mountains - a world far removed from the rest of the fast-paced UAE.