A new 'Hope': Artist behind iconic Obama image looks 'Forward' to Harris

The “Hope” poster that street artist and graphic designer Shepard Fairey created for Barack Obama’s upstart 2008 presidential campaign is the enduring image from that election. Nothing else seemed to capture the spirit of the moment and the feeling that swept across the nation like that iconic image in tones of overlapping red and blue.

Fairey’s signature style has been imitated many times since then—often poorly. There are even websites that will take an image and apply a faux version of the theme. Meanwhile, the original work has made its way to the National Portrait Gallery. For anyone who was swept up in that first Obama campaign, it’s impossible to glimpse that striking portrait without feeling an overwhelming sense of nostalgia and … hope.

Now Fairey is back with a new image of Kamala Harris, and it includes one word every bit as empowering as “Hope” was 16 years ago. For Harris, the word is “Forward.”