Free & Black is a collage book for art featuring powerful images for collage art and unique collage materials for art . Inside, you’ll find 20 vibrant prints to be framed —ideal for artists seeking magazines for collage art , a book of art prints , an art book with prints , or a standout art book of prints . Perfect for junk journaling, creative projects, and anyone wanting culturally rich art. This Afrocentric collage fodder book features 20 high-resolution, full-color portraits of free Black individuals—merchants, artisans, saints, scholars, musicians, and everyday people from across the globe. Each image is carefully curated from international museum archives to honor the presence, pride, and power of Black lives in eras too often defined by their absence. These are not anonymous subjects or aesthetic fillers. These are people who lived, worked, worshiped, loved—and were seen. And now, they can be seen again. We began this project after standing frozen before a portrait of a free Black man in the Rijksmuseum. He was elegant, dignified, self-possessed—and unlike anything we’d ever been shown in a history book. That moment changed something. It stayed with us. This book is the continuation of that moment. That gaze. That joy. 🖤 Inside you’ll find: 20 single-sided pages in 8.5 x 11 format - High-resolution images ideal for cutting, collage, or framing - A back-page index with artwork titles, dates, and sources - No repeated images—each portrait is unique and emotionally resonant - Perfect for use in zines, altars, junk journals, handmade books, and ancestral art Use this collection as: A Black ephemera art book rooted in authenticity and reverence A curated Afrocentric wall art collection ready for display or ritual use Meaningful collage materials for adults who seek representation, not generalization A source of powerful Black portrait prints for creative and sacred spaces An intentional junk journaling resource honoring Black presence and personal narrative A Black collage fodder book for mixed media, storytelling, or ritual practice An Afrocentric vintage art book that speaks to resilience, identity, and pride These portraits offer what history often hides: Black joy, Black success, Black fashion, Black spirit. In a world flooded with generic vintage art prints, Free & Black is something different—something sacred. 📚 Pair with other volumes in the series for a growing archive of inclusive, feminist, and culturally rich art print collections.