The Press vs Fairy

Famous street artist Shephard Fairey created the Hope poster during President Obama’s first run for presidential election in 2008. A photographer later came on and claimed that it was his photo used in the poster and wanted credit for it. The photographer was grateful that the photo blew up and what Fairy did with it but still wanted credit. The artist and the AP press came to a private settlement in January 2011, part of which included a split in the profits for the work.