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I've been about. >> today, shepard is in chicago scaling the heights of a brick wall with a bold message. >> what i think it toys to breakthrough as a street art sift a tenacity, a willingness to go out there and put work up and, you know, have it clean, have it covered by other artists and not be too precious about it, to accept that street art is finding good places and making imagery that has a unique look that sets your work apart from other people's work is really important. but tenacity is crucial. >> you can watch the entire one to watch show at cnn.com/onestowatch. >> if you didn't get...

The nonpartisan center for responsibility politics found in 2010 the candidate with the most money won 85% of all house races and 83% of all senate races. shepard ferry joins us now from burbank, california. shepard, great to see you. let's talk about your latest initiative. there are a couple things i want to ask you about. first the idea of getting money out of politics which seems very much a noble effort, my friend, but it is definitely at this point a prerequisite for anyone running for statewide or national office. so how do you do it? >> well, i think just creating awareness about the p...

There is a barrier for regular people to run and get involved that's about funding your own campaign. senator durbin has a bill fair elections now act that would do public funding for members of congress, has not gotten support from this white house. i would give both parties low grades on these issues. >> nonetheless, shepard, i think your point about awareness, getting people engaged and bringing them a visual image that reminds them of what's going on is important. congratulations on that and thank you as always for your time and your work. >> thank you for having me, alex. >> president oba...

Campaign imagery in the last generation. the barack obama hope poster. this famous hope poster was created by the artist shepard ferry during the '08 presidential campaign. he got into some legal trouble for that poster when the associated press got assertive about the original copyright on the photo that they said was the basis for the image. even though the image cost him headaches, what he created with that photo will go down in the history books as one of the most memorable pieces of political art ever. and after the '08 election, the hope poster look became a generic treatment you can do ...

It's probably the single most iconic piece of political campaign imagery in the last generation. the barack obama hope poster. this famous hope poster was created by the artist shepard ferry during the '08 presidential campaign. he got into some legal trouble for that poster when the associated press got assertive about the original copyright on the photo that they said was the basis for the image. even though the image cost him headaches, what he created with that photo will go down in the history books as one of the most memorable pieces of political art ever. and that hope poster became a g...