12/08/2026
Duppy Projects is a newspaper in negative: pages saturated in black ink, with text printed in white.
The limited-edition publication from Joseph takes its title from the Jamaican Patois term for a ghost and explores – through photography and conversations with Alvaro Barrington, Jawara Alleyne, DeVonn Charles Francis and others – how Jamaica’s past has shaped artistic practices across the Black diaspora.
“In a country that has such a complex history as Jamaica, but so little of it recorded, it feels really important to create something tangible,” says Joseph, who was inspired by the archives of newspapers and journals such as Savacou, Hot Spice and the West Indian Gazette. “I wanted the fragility of the newsprint to reflect the fragility of preservation in that region.”
He worked with graphic designer bryce to bring a “gothic sensibility” to the newspaper and wax-pencil illustrations by Violet Hoppe (Violet Hoppe) materialise like apparitions across the pages.
📰 Printed on our midi newspapers on 55gsm improved newsprint. Duppy is available now at duppyprojects.com and at the following stockists:
Jamaica: National Gallery of Jamaica
London: Black Cultural Archives
Lagos: ALÁRA
Paris: 1909
Melbourne: Fiend
