I remember seeing this image for the first time a few years back. A friend had made his own stenciled spray paint version of this striking, almost angry looking, masculine face. I asked him what it was about and the only thing he told me was that it is the OBEY image. Looking for a more in-depth answer, I typed “Obey” into google that evening. It turns out the image has no point beyond making people wonder what the point is. The creator of OBEY, Shepard Fairey, says the image, which happens to be a representation of Andre the Giant, is an experiment in the field of phenomenology, or “the process of letting things manifest themselves.” I find it amazing how an image with no meaning has continued to spread. If you look around where you live, chances are you will eventually find an OBEY image, or maybe you’ve seen another one of Fairey’s works. What started as one sticker, has branched out into a whole OBEY brand. Using mainly black, red, and white, Fairey creates iconic images that comment on leaders and events going on in the world today.