Read about the search for the image on Scene on the Road: Found – AGAIN – the Poster Source Photo
Photo is by photographer Mannie Garcia for AP from April of 2006.
VIA ObamaArtReport
Update: Related News From NPR: Spreading The Hope: Street Artist Shepard Fairey
Short article and 20 minute audio interview with Shepard Fairey
2 Comments
Shepard Fairey should have given credit for the photo that he used but the poster is so much more than the photo and “original” art. I have one and I will enjoy it no less for the legal issues to be determined. Mannie Garcia’s photo was forgotten but the poster will live on!
I agree. The photo itself is nothing special. But, somehow Fairey was able to capture something more with his work.