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The Japanese…again

By Peter Dean Rickards • May 27th, 2008 • Category: Art & Design

You have to admit, they pretty much beat out everyone in the proverbial Department of Weird.



Cousin J

By Peter Dean Rickards • May 25th, 2008 • Category: Features

Jahsir Rickards, 2 1/2 years old. Brooklyn, New York April 2008



Reed Young: The ‘Lucky Haitians’

By Peter Dean Rickards • May 22nd, 2008 • Category: Features

One of the great causalities of colonialism in the Caribbean has been the reporting of news from the region, particularly as it relates to our neighbours to the northeast on the island of Haiti. To those who know better, the constant mistreatment of Haiti and Haitians in the local and international media is something to […]



Buzzed

By Peter Dean Rickards • May 19th, 2008 • Category: Features

Cable Hut Beach, Jamaica. 2007



A Beautiful Nerd

By Peter Dean Rickards • Apr 16th, 2008 • Category: Features

Remember that girl in grade 6 who’s head you used to pound with chalkbrush erasers?
The one with the funny name whose lunch smelled.
The geek who would sit alone in the corner of the cafeteria, eating fried bologna and chocolate milk; stopping every now and then to peer nervously over her thick Coca-Cola bottle eyeglasses as […]



The Kendal Train

By Peter Dean Rickards • Apr 14th, 2008 • Category: Art & Design

Near Trenchtown, Jamaica



Flit, 1969

By Peter Dean Rickards • Apr 11th, 2008 • Category: Art & Design



Thursday Night at the Fights Main Event: Leo Versus Kong

By Peter Dean Rickards • Apr 11th, 2008 • Category: Features

So, after four weeks of wild entertainment at Kingston’s best kept secret, Thursday Night at the Fights, those who’ve been following the scores know that reigning champion Leo has been hard pressed to find a challenger.



Wooden tricycle drive-by at 2 am

By Peter Dean Rickards • Apr 11th, 2008 • Category: Features

Kingston, 2 am
Saw these lunatics on the way back from the fights on Friday morning after the champ sent Kong to the hospital.



David Houncheringer: Are you ready to die today?

By Peter Dean Rickards • Apr 11th, 2008 • Category: Features

Every now and then a photographer shows up on the radar that just makes you wonder what the hell he/she was thinking. This time around we can blame the Swiss. His name is David Houncheringer.