Shepard Fairey is a graphic designer and illustrator who is most well known for his 'Hope' posters which were featured in Barack Obama's presidential campaign during the 2008 elections. Also for his 'OBEY' work which originated in1992 but is now park of a clothing brand.
January 2008, Fairey began to distribute the Hope images of Obama and allegedly was working with campaign officials but they then denied working with Fairey at the time. The original 'Hope' posters had the word 'progress' on but Obama campaign officials requested that the word be changed to 'Hope' and one the image was edited they then began to use the posters as part the campaign for Obamas presidential campaign. Further posters were printed reading the words 'Vote' and 'Change'.
Shepard Fairey's success has now put him in the middle of a political and artistic debate on who owns what when it comes to images in the public.
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