The falcon, and the camel characterise the Arab's love of sport, The desert is the Arab life force, a silent power that teaches those dependent on it to be adaptive and resilient. For years Bedouins have looked to the desert for their livelihood and leisure, camping on the dunes with friends and family, hunting with falcons and camel racing. Even today, Arabs, who take great pride in their past, go back to the desert to rest and recuperate and indulge in a variety of desert sports, an inseparable part of their rich history and heritage
Based in Dubai, 30 years-old spanish photographer, Victor Romero has been covering various assignments in 29 different cities, across 17 differentcountries in the last couple of years.After leaving his law degree in Spain, he continued his studies in Photography, Photojournalism and Documentary Photography in the UK.Along with work published worldwide, from the The Times and The Independent(UK), El Mundo(Spain) Washington Post and the New Yorker(US). He has also produced work for International newsagencies such as Associated Press, and The European Press Agency.Always on the look for new challenges, having covered international fashionshows, sports and political news, he decided to specialise in Architectureand interiors photography, which he has been successfuly doing for the pastfive years. His pictures have been printed from London Cabs to billboards inBerlin. Commission by Explorer Publishing, he has published 5 photography books,Posh Nosh, Dubai Discovered, Dubai Impressions, Abu Dhabi Impressions and Qatar Impressions. He counts Shangri-la, Le Meridien, Emirates Airlines, Swarovski Architecture Department, Dubai Department of Commerce and Marketing, among his many clients.Victor Romero is currently working for Emirates and Fly Dubai, doing thebranding for both airlines in a long term proyect, in the last months
