It's pretty amazing that the artist that helped President Obama get elected is now using his own iconic design to appeal to the President on behalf of the #Occupy movement. (via tumblr.thedailywh.at) View Image ›
Who is the bigger intellectual property asshole? Evan Roth created hand painted canvases of Shepard Fairy's Obama Hope poster, and Mannie Garcia's Associated Press photograph and put them for sale on his website. Whoever sends a cease and desist first wins!
Journalists have tracked down what they believe to be the source of Shepard Fairey's now ubiquitous 'HOPE' poster - a 2006 AP photograph of Barack Obama sitting next to George freaking Clooney. It was this one, from the same event pictured below. (Thanks, Echo Three!) View Image ›
