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Biography

Peter Dean Rickards is a founder and Editor of the Jamaica-centric First Magazine and the creator of The Afflicted Yard - A non-registered member of the Jamaica Tourist Board since 1999. He's also a photographer and occasionally has been known to write. He's based in Kingston, Jamaica and is likely to stay there until he is surprised at his gate by gunmen who shoot him and steal his cellphone. http://www.first-magazine.net http://www.afflictedyard.com

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Greasy Independence on Coney Island


Posted by Peter Dean Rickards on July 07, 2008 8:04 AM | Email

July 4, Coney Island, New York.   It’s a muggy 90 degrees near Rockaway beach when I finally made it to the front of Nathan’s Famous on Surf Avenue. I had just missed the annual hot dog eating contest ( defending champion Joey Chestnut won in overtime) and…Read More

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One face, eight pictures


Posted by Peter Dean Rickards on June 25, 2008 8:14 PM | Email

Noella Arnold. Photographed in Norbrook, Kingston June 21, 2008 See the rest HERERead More

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The Sandbox


Posted by Peter Dean Rickards on June 25, 2008 8:11 PM | Email

Sand (that’s his name). Tuesday June 17, 2008 at The Rocktower, West Street, Kingston. See the rest HERERead More

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Robbie Shakespeare: King of Bass


Posted by Peter Dean Rickards on June 12, 2008 9:51 PM | Email

Photographed June 11, 2008 at Anchor Studios, Windsor Road, Kingston.   See the full set HERE See Sly HERERead More

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Jamaican creativity + BMW R1200S = The Scorpion


Posted by Peter Dean Rickards on June 09, 2008 1:01 PM | Email

Imagine sitting in traffic here in Kingston and suddenly you notice this thing pull up beside you?     If you’re like most Kingstonians, the sudden appearance of such a machine, no matter how great the design, is not the sort of thing that one typically looks forward to seeing…Read More

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Rare: Sly Dunbar photographed in studio session


Posted by Peter Dean Rickards on June 09, 2008 11:36 AM | Email

Photographed June 6, 2008 at Anchor Studios, Windsor Road, Kingston.   See the rest HERERead More

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Gaming in Downtown Kingston


Posted by Peter Dean Rickards on June 06, 2008 11:36 AM | Email

Chinnaman's gaming shop, Denham Town, Kingston.   Pics and story HERE  Read More

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John Threat: First Generation Urban


Posted by Peter Dean Rickards on June 05, 2008 5:47 PM | Email

If anyone is right for making a movie about the rise and fall (and all the greed in-between) of ‘urban dot coms’ in the late 90s, its our good friend, John Lee. Enter First Generation Urban, an interesting looking effort by Lee about the excesses and ultimately the spectacular…Read More

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Mavado cleared of gun charges


Posted by Peter Dean Rickards on June 05, 2008 3:33 PM | Email

Mavado aka David Brooks was cleared of gun charges, according to a statement issued by Alliance management, who represent the controversial deejay.   Jamaica’s Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn QC this morning signed the letter stating criminal proceedings had been discontinued.   “We said from day one that…Read More

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Tracy Morgan was a barbershop poster model?


Posted by Peter Dean Rickards on May 31, 2008 4:54 PM | Email

Been meaning to photograph this this one each time I visit my barbershop. Isn’t that Tracy Morgan..with jherri curls?     See the other one HERERead More

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