Tony Puryear says: Senator Clinton is a beautiful, strong and inspiring woman, and I wanted to make a poster that reflected that.
Rather than putting a slogan on the poster, I chose to put her name, because she is surely the only leader at this level with whom we are all on a first-name basis, and to me, that reflects her personal warmth and connection with ordinary Americans.
And it's only $40.
3 comment(s):
So disillusioned.
She looks like Chairman Mao!
Not good . . .
I like Shepard's Change/Hope, but the effect can be done just by clicking the posterization button on Photoshop. On the other hand Tony Puryear's "Hillary" is fantastic. And like Hillary, there more to this poster than meets the eye. He uses the classic sunrise, btw used for decades in Americana Heartland imagery (ala a peach crate), to act as a backdrop for one of history's most iconic figures. It's subtle but the effect gives her an old school Madonna-like glow. Maybe because she's a woman it lends itself to the religious aura rays of light given by artists for centuries to saints. The image of Hillary was shot by rocker Bryan Adams ("Have you Ever Really Loved A Woman?"). It was taken for a breast cancer book called "American Woman." Hillary's "man to the moon" goal for 08' was to eradicate breast cancer in our lifetime. Mostly, I love that Puryear uses the candidates green initiatives and policies: union workers, wind power and vegetable dyes, to make it. The final composition is a layered commentary on a historic subject. Everything about the poster has meaning...And it's pretty.
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