The artist who created the famous “Hope” posters for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign has made a similar design for Kamala Harris.
The artist who created the famous Hope posters for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign has made a similar design for Kamala Harris.
Artist Shepard Fairey recently released the posters featuring the Democratic nominee in blue hues with red lipstick. She’s looking up with a smile on her face and her signature pearls around her neck.
Instead of Hope, the new poster uses the word Forward. Fairey said in a news release the adverb signifies Harris’ message of “We’re not going back.”
He wrote: “These words from Kamala Harris summarize the moment we are in, and in order not to go back, we must go FORWARD!
“While we have not achieved all the goals we might be seeking, we are making progress – all in the face of expanding threats and regressive political adversaries.”
Fairey went on to endorse Harris and Tim Walz, saying they are the country’s “best chance to push back on encroaching fascism and threats to democracy, and our best chance for creating the world we all desire and deserve.”
The “Hope” poster featuring Obama was widely shared and described as iconic during his first presidential campaign. Fairey has not received monetary compensation for either poster, as he says it’s a form of grassroots activism.
At the end of Obama’s term in 2015, Fairey said the former president didn’t live up to his promise. The artist, who has been openly critical of Donald Trump since 2016, didn’t create a poster for his opponent Hillary Clinton because he didn’t find her “inspiring enough.”
Source : https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/kamala-harris-obama-hope-poster-33481971
