This post is NOT for Fall 2009 students!
When Shepard Fairey surfed the internet looking for images of Obama, he didn't expect to find THE ONE taken by Mannie Garcia.
When Shepard Fairey surfed the internet looking for images of Obama, he didn't expect to find THE ONE taken by Mannie Garcia.
In this New York Times story the photojournalist Mannie Garcia describes what it has been like to be linked to the famous poster created by Fairey. He also explains that he is not an artist himself but that he doesn't TAKE pictures, he MAKES pictures!
Read the full article here - and let us know in class if you read it and what you think about his comments. Does he support Fairey's use of the photo in his poster?
No comments:
Post a Comment