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Sergant contacted the Obama campaign to seek permission for Fairey to design an Obama poster, which was granted a few weeks before Super Tuesday. Fairey decided to create a portrait of Obama based on his feeling that his "power and sincerity as a speaker would create a positive association with his likeness". [5]
The poster contains 20,000 words spoken by Obama during the campaign that are arranged as a portrait of Obama. [1] "Voz Unida" by Rafael López, released in October 2008, was a limited edition of 5,000, and retailed for $60. [4] "OBAMA 08" by Lance Wyman, released in October 2008, was a limited edition of 5,000, [1] and retailed for $60 ...
A motif is a rhetorical device that involves the repeated presence of a concept, which heightens its importance in a speech and draws attention to the idea. Obama's motifs became so recognizable that the main motifs, Change and Hope, became the themes for the 2008 presidential campaign of every candidate, from Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator John McCain.
Fairey, who said in 2015 that Obama didn’t live up to his “HOPE” poster, described the Democratic ticket of Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as “our best chance to move forward.”
The artist behind the iconic “Hope” poster that became a prominent symbol of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign has created similar artwork for Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid.
Former President Trump doubled down on his criticism of former President Obama during a rally Saturday afternoon in battleground Michigan. “I don’t happen to think he’s a good speaker, but ...
It was Obama's seventh and final State of the Union Address and his eighth and final speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. [2] Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker , Paul Ryan , accompanied by Joe Biden , the vice president , in his capacity as the president of the Senate .
Shepard Fairey, the artist behind former President Obama's iconic "Hope" poster for his 2008 campaign, joined Scripps News to share why he's created a new piece of art for the 2024 Harris campaign.