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Shepard Fairey Admits Wrongdoing in AP Photo Use for Obama Campaign Posters

By Christina Lee on 5:07 PM on October 21, 2009

As it captures an unwavering stare in patriotic hues, Shepard Fairey’s poster supporting Barack Obama, the inspiration behind Obamicon.me, is now considered an iconic emblem. But while the vision may live on, its visionary is now compromised in a year-old battle of rights, after he admitted to lying about its original source....  read more

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Shepard Fairey Creates Icon Image of Imprisoned Burmese Leader Aung San Suu Kyi

By Julia Askenase on 2:00 PM on July 1, 2009

Over the years, Shepard Fairey's prolific peace-and-justice propaganda have formed an unmistakable design aesthetic, whether used to immortalize hip-hop legends and punk-rock stars, raise awareness on environmental issues, or voice frustration over the long-running war in Iraq. Now, the artist behind the iconic and ubiquitous Obama "HOPE" image, has lent some ink to Aung San Suu Kyi, the pro-democracy opposition leader of Myanmar (formerly Burma) who has been under house arrest for 13 years after the country's military government overrode her victory in a 1990 election....  read more

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Shepard Fairey files lawsuit against the Associated Press

By Liz Stinson on 10:10 AM on February 11, 2009

Looks like we've got a classic copyright infringement battle our hands, as a new lawsuit emerges from the tangled web of campaign posters, press photos and red, white and blue....  read more

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40 More Awesome Obamicons

By Josh Jackson on 1:10 AM on January 19, 2009

More than 70,000 Obamicons have been created since Paste first put out a list of some of the better early entries. So it seems like a good time to highlight my personal favorites—the editor's picks, if you will. Make your own at Obamicon.me. Now, you can even get it printed on a coffee mug.40. Clinton 2012We need the funk! We gotta have that funk!...  read more

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