Obama Sightings.

The article presents a discussion of U.S. President Barack Obama from the standpoint of his impact on visual culture. It focuses on popular representations of Obama including graffiti art, and a campaign poster designed by Shepard Fairey. The poster is analyzed in terms of Fairey's appropriation of a news photograph of Obama, which he reworked in a style reminiscent of 20th century political screen prints. A comparison is drawn between Obama's image as a political pop culture icon, and a well-known image of the Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara.