The peace sign originated as a symbol used by the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War (DAC). An artist, Gerald Holtom, was on the groups’ board, and as a well-known designer, ...

The peace symbol originated as a sign based on an “individual in despair . . . in the manner of Goya’s peasant before the firing squad.” The symbol that would become synonymous with the ...

It was the birth of the peace sign, which has since become an iconic symbol of a worldwide movement opposed to war and nuclear proliferation. Read more : Palestinian leader Abbas calls for Middle ...

Then there is the case of the peace sign. Originally devised in the late 1950s by the activist and designer Gerald Holtom as a symbol for the British antinuclear proliferation movement, the ...

Much like a simple stock image that becomes a meme, the peace sign was invented for one specific purpose and adapted for much broader ones by countless people across the globe. British artist and ...

Between 1961 and 1968, photographer Jim Marshall followed the spread of the peace sign. Designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom for the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, its subsequent adoption ...

She said, "Peace is way bigger than not being at war. This is a spiritual thing." Jensen, a past association president, calculates the fines will cost her about $1,000, and doubts they will be ...

WILKES-BARRE — Sophie Kurbanov busily worked on her personal peace symbol poster that she intends to hang on her bedroom wall. Kurbanov, 10, is one of 20 children attending this week’s Peace ...

Shepard Fairey, the artist behind the Obama “Hope” poster, reflects on the peace sign’s enduring legacy and its role in the photography of Jim Marshall.

Photographer, graphic artist and writer Paul Kagan is well known for the psychedelic imagery that appeared on concert posters and handbills of the 1960s and ’70s, alerting pre-Twitter music f… ...

The peace sign has long been an important image and symbol for me, not just because I am pro-harmony and anti-war, but because it is the graphic icon that taught me the power of an easily ...