Shepard Fairey Ripped Off My Picture First

Filmmaker and journalist Ed Nachtrieb posted a piece on Salon's user-generated site, Open Salon, about how artist Shepard Fairy appropriated a picture of Nachtrieb's to create a piece of art. As many of us already know, Fairy is the artist behind the famous Barack Obama "Hope" poster that was based on a photo of Obama taken by the Associated Press. Nachtrieb's photo is of an armed Chinese soldier at the onset of martial law in Beijing 20 years ago. Nachtrieb doesn't address the fair use issue that Fairy is claiming against the AP's lawsuit, but Nachtrieb does say he'd like Fairy to at least credit where he gets the photos used to inspire his art.