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Thank Portrait for Obama's Success: Hope Artist

LA graphic designer says image boosted power of art

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 18, 2009 12:19 PM CST

(Newser) – The iconic Hope image of Barack Obama helped get the Illinois senator elected president, says the graphic designer who created the image. “It has exceeded my expectations almost from the get-go,” Shepard Fairey told Smithsonian magazine, adding that Obama’s “unique” look... Read full story »

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