Wilfred Thesiger: explorer, ascete, hard man. Also a beautiful photographer in the days when every photo in your film really counted and there was no Photoshop to fall back on. He carried his camera in a goatskin bag and rationed a handful of films over many months of expedition. See some rare pics here, at my favourite museum in the world.
In 2012 I set off on a journey in homage of Thesiger. Details here…
[…] mentally through journeys, challenges, races, expeditions and adventures. I have been re-reading Thesiger recently, and he has this to say, For years the Empty Quarter had represented to me the final, […]