Shepard Fairey Unveils New Kamala Harris Poster

Shepard Fairey just unveiled his first Presidential portrait in over a decade—the brand-new Kamala Harris poster FORWARD. The poster takes its cue from the Democratic nominee’s slogan: “We are not going back.” In it, Harris stands in profile, confident, wearing a slight smile and looking upward. Across the bottom, in big, capital letters: “FORWARD.”

“That quote by Kamala Harris sums up the place we’re in. And to not go back, we must GO FORWARD!” the artist added. “Though we are not succeeding with every ideal we may wish for, we are moving toward them all amidst increasing dangers and reactionary political opponents.” Fairey also publicly, for the first time, and on the record, announced his endorsement of Harris and her Vice Presidential running mate, Tim Walz.

This is his second major poster release this spring in support of voting; Fairey famously designed a poster for former US President Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign. Despite repeated collaborations with several other high-profile subjects, he has never done a poster for another presidential candidate since then.

In 2015, Fairey told CNN that Hillary Clinton wasn’t “inspiring enough” to warrant a poster release; however, he did design three pieces protesting Trump in time for his inauguration. Meanwhile, Fairey created a poster with Greenpeace of current US [resident and former Vice President Joe Biden over environmental concerns but never officially endorsed him.