Shepard Fairey Poster

Helping Obama Write the Unwritten Future

Shepard Fairey | Posted 09.06.2009 | Style


Shepard Fairey

2009-08-06-R1085COVER_fp.jpgIt's been six-plus months since Obama took office, and the new Rolling Stone cover is the first image of Obama I've created in that time.

Shep Visionary or Criminal?

Tom Matlack | Posted 08.22.2009 | Media


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.

The Biggest Announcement of My Life

Jason Pollock | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media


Jason Pollock

I have never made an announcement like this in all my 27 years on this planet. My film, The Youngest Candidate, will have its world premier during the Los Angeles Film Festival.

The AP, Obama, & Referencing

Shepard Fairey | Posted 04.26.2009 | Media


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.

Hypocrisy And Bad Faith In The AP's Countersuit Against Shepard Fairey

Jonathan Melber | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media


Jonathan Melber

An AP victory in this case would undermine artistic freedom. And it would, to paraphrase Lawrence Lessig, effectively outlaw a legitimate form of art.

Obama Poster Artist Shepard Fairey Expects New Charges In Boston

AP | RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics


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

AP Accuses Obama Artist Shepard Fairey Of Copyright Infringement

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics


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

Photog Behind Most Iconic Obama Picture Revealed

Daily Beast | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics


I believe that last week I solved the biggest photographic mystery of the 2008 election: I found the photographer who took the photo that was the sour...