Who could imagine that distribution of the first Obama poster
patterns would be started in a guerilla style by a street artist with
arrest records under his belt? The first Obama poster was meant to
support the candidate’s campaign. Later Shepard Fairey, the
creator of the popular image design, earned thousands of dollars after
he had posted the Barack Obama poster for sale on the Internet.
Since Shepard Fairey got an authorized permission to design the poster
there have been presented several versions of the Barack Obama poster
for sale with different encouraging words below the portrait, namely
“hope”, “progress”, and
“change”.
Creation of the initial Barack Obama poster for sale took
Fairey just a day. As it was revealed later design of the Barack Obama
poster for sale was created on the base of Mannie Garcia’s
shot known as an April photo. Inspiration for the Barack
Obama “Hope” poster was drawn from an artistic
movement of Social Realism. And this poster is considered to be a piece
of contemporary art. At the first stage of the presidential election
the Barack Obama “Hope” poster was intended to
promote the subject of the future economic growth that was possible
only after Barack Obama’s victory.
In order to add some kind of entertainment to the
presidential campaign there have been launched Obama poster maker
websites, where you may create you own Obama poster. Equipped with
different tools and functions Obama poster maker allows you to
introduce new features into the image of the current president. |