From the opening paragraphs of Don Whitebread’s fascinating Yemen: A Leap Back in Time, and a Creative Transition it’s obvious it wouldn’t be the usual type of landscape photography porn  :

I love a good adventure, but that usually involves the Great American West, not some place with tribal kidnappings and Al Qaeda training camps. What finally turned the tide was reading the first chapters of the book Joshua was writing about his experiences in Yemen, and realizing that this was a place and culture unlike any I had imagined, and the opportunity of a lifetime. Risk was overwhelmed by curiosity, and the chance to photograph, guided by an insider’s knowledge, in an unknown place on the other side of the world.

There are more wonderful pictures of Yemen, and lots more excellent b&w landscapes, on his web site.