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Obama Hope Poster Shepard Fairey

Question Everything: Shepard Fairey on His Influences, His Legal Battle with AP, and Being a Sellout

Adriana Dunn | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

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Adriana Dunn

Fairey characterizes his work as reactionary, and defends the Hope image as the right move at the time. "Having McCain as president would have been horrible," he said.

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Shep Visionary or Criminal?

Tom Matlack | Posted 08.22.2009 | Media

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Tom Matlack

Fairey's work is on the cover of Time and he has a major show at the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art but ultimately he is just fucking cool.

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The AP, Obama, & Referencing

Shepard Fairey | Posted 04.26.2009 | Media

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Shepard Fairey

I can't talk about every aspect of my case with the AP over the Obama HOPE poster, but there are a few things I want to discuss and points I'd like to make.

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Obama Poster Artist Shepard Fairey Expects New Charges In Boston

AP | RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

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BOSTON — The street artist who created the famous "Hope" poster of President Barack Obama expects to face new vandalism charges relating to the ...

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AP Accuses Obama Artist Shepard Fairey Of Copyright Infringement

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

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NEW YORK — On buttons, posters and Web sites, the image was everywhere during last year's presidential campaign: a pensive Barack Obama looking ...

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Selling Hope Instead of Fear: 
Redefining Activism

Christiana Wyly | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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Christiana Wyly

We need to follow Obama's example of reaching across the barriers that divide us as a people. We must learn how to reach into our hearts and truly meet another human being exactly where they are.

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Obama's 'Hope' Portrait Headed To Smithsonian

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 02.07.2009 | Style

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WASHINGTON — Even before he takes office, President-elect Barack Obama's image will become part of the permanent collection at the National Port...

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John C. Reilly, Flea, Shepard Fairey, Miri Ben-Ari, Russell Simmons, Marc Ecko, MC Yogi (Obama-Inspired VIDEOS)

Ben Arnon | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

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Ben Arnon

"If you choose to exercise your right to vote, your opinion matters. A banker's vote carries the same weight as a skateboarder, a farmer or someone who is unemployed."

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How the Obama "Hope" Poster Reached a Tipping Point and Became a Cultural Phenomenon: An Interview With the Artist Shepard Fairey

Ben Arnon | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

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Ben Arnon

"I think what then happened was that there were a lot of people who were digging Obama but they didn't have any way to symbolically show their support."

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Shepard Fairey, Poster Boy Of The 2008 Election (And For The Rise Of The New)

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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Fairey has created the iconic image not just of the Obama campaign, but of the campaign itself -- his image works because it's art, not branding, genuinely inspired and memorable, whatever your politics.

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Meet The Man Behind The Obama Poster Phenomenon

Washington Post | William Booth | Posted 05.25.2008 | Politics

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When the street artist and guerrilla marketer Shepard Fairey got word from the Obama people that they would welcome his contribution to the campaign,...

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