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AP Wants Part of Obama Hope Poster Profits

George and Obama, the photo AP wants credit for


The AP says the ubiquitous Hope poster, created by Shepard Fairey, was based on an AP photo and now they want theirs. That's just wrong. It wasn't the AP's photo that was successful. It was Fairey's interpretation. 

Swamp: It has driven the sales of hundreds of thousands of posters and stickers, with Fairey-signed copies fetching thousands of dollars on eBay.

It is based, Fairey has acknowledged, on an Associated Press photograph, taken in April 2006 by Manny Garcia at the National Press Club in Washington.

The AP is asking for credit -- and compensation.

The artist begs to differ.

And the AP provided this report.

Obama Hope Poster Creator May Sell to Smithsonian

The Obamaartreport reports that Shepard Fairey, the creator of the iconic Hope poster, is negotiating to sell the painting to the Smithsonian Institution for display in the National Portrait Gallery. More on this here. 

Hope Poster Designer Shepard Fairey

Shepard met Obama and Obama asked him how he got the image spread around so fast.

Other cool Obama artwork on display at the Manifest Hope gallery at the convention.