Evan Vucci

Evan Vucci is an Associated Press (AP) photographer based in Washington, D.C.. He shoots and produces both still photography, and video projects, worldwide, on various subjects such as Washington, D.C. based sports, the U.S. Military, and former President George W. Bush.
Vucci is also a motivational speaker.

Life and work

Vucci is a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology.

One of Vucci's notable photographs is of Muntadar al-Zaidi throwing a shoe at U.S. President George W. Bush on Sunday, 14 December, 2008.

In 2008, Vucci made several visits to Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, Iraq profiling soldiers and their stories. His primary focus was a Cavalry Scout Platoon from Killer Troop, 3d Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment (3 ACR). He spent several weeks embedded with the platoon filming their patrols and lives spent at a Combat Outpost in Western Mosul. Many of those soldiers were wounded and three were killed.

He is working on a retrospective book called Power.DC.com that will include photography from Washington, D.C..

Vucci is also a motivational speaker. He uses the saying "Live life out of the Box, there is time for that when you're dead when you're put into a box forever."