Photograph by
Rickards, Peter, Jamaican, 1969 - 2014
Subject of
Perry, Lee, Jamaican, 1936 - 2021
Date
2003
Medium
dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Sheet): 13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (35.3 × 27.6 cm)
H x W (Image): 13 7/16 × 10 1/8 in. (34.2 × 25.7 cm)
Description
A color photograph of the exterior door to Lee "Scratch" Perry's in the Washington Gardens neighborhood of Kingston, Jamaica.
The image depits a colorful, closed wooden door with barred side window and brick exterior. The window has metal bars in a decorative scroll design. The door, window, bars, and brick wall have been red, yellow and green. The left side of the window, next to the door, has a wide streak of purple and two purple hand prints are visible in the red paint of the top left portion of the door. The center of the door has been covered in blue and purple toned images of Emperor Haile Selassie I. There are colorful, metallic stickers of Selassie I across the top of the door and two near the center of the window. At the bottom of the window is a poster with blue artwork, colorful mettalic stickers, a playing card with Selassie I and a sticker reading "I [red heart] ETHIOPIA]. A small Jamaican flag hangs from the top left of the window and a large green plant is to the left of the window, in front of the painted brick exterior. There is a handwritten inscription by Bill Adler on the back with the title, location, date and photographer.
Place captured
Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
Cultural Place
Ethiopia, Africa
Collection title
Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photography Collection
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
color prints (photographs)
Topic
Art
Business
Photography
Rastafarianism
Reggae (Music)
Religion
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2015.132.19
Restrictions & Rights
© Peter L.T. Rickards and Diana A. Rickards
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ce27b6a8-89f6-4fa5-b75a-bbe614d7c753

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