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Over the years National Geographic has featured several articles on Yemen. You can read an article by Charles Moser from over a century ago about Socotra and Aden; it is archived here.
The article includes several photographs, including the following:
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"Sheiks of the Socoteri: The Large-Bearded Man is the Sultan's Nephew"