Evan Vucci - Photographs and Work

Photographs and Work

Arguably one of Vucci's most famous photographs is his shot from Sunday, December 14, 2008 of Muntadar al-Zaidi throwing a shoe at U.S. President George W. Bush.

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.

Vucci's compilation was released by the AP in March 2009 named Killer Blue: Baptized by Fire

The website describes the project:

Killer Blue, Baptized by Fire follows up on the 2008 video essay by AP photographers Evan Vucci and Maya Alleruzzo depicting the "lucky charms" carried by seven members of the Killer Blue unit based in Mosul, Iraq. The lucky charms: a restaurant receipt, a teddy bear, a cross, a family picture, an ultrasound photo, WWII dog tags- and one soldier bravely calling himself his own lucky charm. Vucci and Alleruzzo covered the unit for four months, reporting on their life at war. In May 2008, AP photographer Rick Bowmer covered the funeral of Staff. Sgt. Chad Caldwell in Spokane, Wash., who was featured in the original Lucky Charms story. Then last summer, Bowmer covered Sgt. Jose Regalado's homecoming- when he met his infant daughter for the first time in Los Angeles. In November 2008, Bowmer covered Regalado's funeral. When Killer Blue returned to Fort Hood, Texas, Vucci and Bowmer were there. This project is the sights, sounds and emotions from the days and nights and months that AP journalists spent with Killer Blue.