<I>Sizzla at Judgement Yard, August Town</I>
date: label: Date
content: March 21, 2003
name: label: Photograph by
content: Peter Rickards, Jamaican, 1969 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Sizzla, Jamaican, born 1976
notes: label: Description
content: Two identical black and white photographs of Sizzla captured at Judgement Yard in the August Town neighborhood of Kingston, Jamaica.
label: Description
content: Sizzla is pictured sitting in a white wicker chair on a porch in front of a stucco building. He is looking directly at the camera, wearing light colored clothing and head wrap. In his proper left hand, he holds a plaque reading [Black / Supremacy / In RIGHTOUSNESS OF SALVATION / JESUS NEGUS CHRIST / EMMANUEL "I" SELASSIE "I" / JAH RASTAFARI / IN ROYAL MAJESTY SELASSIE "I" / JAHOVAH JAH RASTAFAR "I"] above a collage of photographic images. Another man sits at a lower level next to Sizzla, wearing dark colored mesh tank top and head wrap. There is a small window above him with decorative muntins in a diamond-shape. 2015.132.18.1 has a handwritten inscription by Bill Adler on the back with the title, location, date and photographer. 2015.132.18.2 has no inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place captured
content: August Town, Kingston, Surrey County, Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rastafarianism
label: Topic
content: Reggae (Music)
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Spirituality
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photography Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.132.18.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: black-and-white photographs
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Peter L.T. Rickards and Diana A. Rickards
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.18.1 Sheet): 14 × 10 15/16 in. (35.5 × 27.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.18.1 Image): 13 1/2 × 10 1/8 in. (34.3 × 25.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.18.2 Sheet): 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.4 × 27.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.18.2 Image): 13 1/2 × 10 1/8 in. (34.3 × 25.7 cm)