Fairey Pimps Out Famed Image

Campaign for pet adoptions recalls another recent race
By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 16, 2009 10:31 AM CDT
Fairey Pimps Out Famed Image
The cover of the current issue of Dog's Life magazine, with art by Shepard Fairey of the Obama HOPE poster fame.   (Dog's Life)

Shepard Fairey, the man behind the iconic Barack Obama "Hope" poster, has another four-letter word for you: mutt. His cover design for the current issue of Dog's Life magazine strikes Gawker's Ryan Tate as a bit "overexposed": For someone so keen to sue other people for copying his style, he's sure repurposing it a lot on his own.
(More Shepard Fairey stories.)

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