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VCU news
By Caitlin Puffenberger
VCU Libraries
VCU Libraries has launched a digital collection of 146 illustrated images of buildings, streetscapes, events and scenes of daily life in Richmond from 1853 to 1901. The images originally appeared in American and British periodicals and offer a glimpse into the capital of the Confederacy during and after the Civil War.
The images, which are part of James Branch Cabell Library's "Richmond and Virginia Print and Map Collection," and housed in Special Collections and Archives, are an example of the now-extinct field of illustrated journalism.
In a period when photography was still a new medium, many news outlets relied on artists to draw or paint scenes to accompany articles, according to Ray Bonis, archives coordinator for VCU Libraries.
"Harper's Weekly, one of the periodicals whose images we have online, had a Richmond artist contribute images to the magazine," Bonis said. "He was William Ludwell Sheppard, a painter from Richmond. VCU folks might know his work as the designer of the Howitzer statue located in Howitzer Park across the street from VCU’s Singleton Center for the Performing Arts."
More than half of the collection's images are from Harper's Weekly, one of the most popular journals in the nation, whos
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Barack Obama "Hope" poster
Image designed by Shepard Fairey
The Barack Obama "Hope" poster is an image of US presidential candidate Barack Obama designed by American artist Shepard Fairey. The image was widely described as iconic and came to represent Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.[1][2] It is a stylized stencil portrait of Obama in solid red, beige and (light and dark) blue, with the word "progress", "hope", or "change" below (and other words in some versions).
Fairey based the design on a photo taken by former Associated Press (AP) freelance photographer Mannie Garcia. He created the design in a day and printed it first as a street poster. It was then widely distributed—both as a digital image and other paraphernalia—during the 2008 election season, with approval from the Obama campaign.[3] By July 2008, Sticker Robot had printed over 200,000 vinyl "Hope" stickers, 75% of which had been given away to support Obama's campaign.[4] The image became one of the most widely recognized symbols of Obama's campaign, spawning many variations and imitations, including some commissioned by the Obama campaign.
In January 2009, after Obama had won the election, Fairey's mixed-media stenciled portrait version of the image