He was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He started art in 1984 when he started placing his drawings on skateboards and t-shirts. He went to Rhode Island School of Design. He became famous with the "Andre the Giant" ad for a wrestling match. Fairey is sometimes accused of copywriting because he uses other peoples pictures as basis for his art. He recently became famous again with his "Hope" poster of President Obama.
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. saving water
2. save the whales
3. Darfur
4. eating disorders
DARFUR
portrait:
- use a little Darfur baby, close up
words:
- HOPE (for Darfur little)
- Save Darfur
colors:
- red provokes passion and evokes strong emotions
- white represents purity
- in a lot of Darfur posters, green is used
graphics associated with it:
- children in Africa ;(
- the country of Africa
visual hierarchy:
LOGO: first see the whole basic outline of the logo then the deeper meaning.
POSTER: first the graphic, then the words, then the logo somewhere
I like this one (more of a logo) because it is very simple and to the point. I want my logo to have the country of Africa in it because that is such an important part of the whole issuel
I like how the SAVE DARFUR is very dominant and first I see the graphic then I see the words. That is how I want my poster to be. 
