The artist behind the iconic 鈥淗ope鈥� poster that became a prominent symbol of Barack Obama鈥檚 2008 campaign has created similar artwork for U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris鈥檚 presidential bid.
Shepard Fairey鈥檚 new poster, titled 鈥淔orward,鈥� features the Democratic nominee in shades of blue, contrasted by red lipstick. Harris is depicted wearing a pearl earring and necklace.
鈥溾�橶e are not going back.鈥� These words from Kamala Harris summarize the moment we are in, and in order not to go back, we must go FORWARD!鈥� Fairey said in a .
Fairey also offered an endorsement of Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, her running mate, adding that 鈥渢hey are our best chance to push back on encroaching fascism and threats to democracy, and our best chance for creating the world we all desire and deserve.鈥�
Years after the 鈥淗ope鈥� poster, Fairey said , telling Esquire in 2015 that 鈥渢here have been a lot of things that he鈥檚 compromised on that I never would have expected.鈥�
And in the next election, despite calling Donald Trump 鈥渄angerous,鈥� for his opponent Hillary Clinton, and told CNN in 2016 that he didn鈥檛 find Clinton 鈥渋nspiring enough鈥� to illustrate.
Fairey then went on to draw ahead of his inauguration. The posters, titled 鈥淲e the People,鈥� featured Muslim, Latina, and African-American women.
Although Fairey did not create artwork endorsing Joe Biden in 2020, the artist with climate advocacy group Greenpeace USA on a poster that called on Biden 鈥� just days into his presidency 鈥� to deliver on his climate campaign promises.
The poster, titled 鈥淲hich Future Will You Deliver?,鈥� featured a drawing of Biden in front of two scenarios: one in which the world is on fire because of the effects of fossil fuels and the other depicting a cleaner Earth.
