The Associated Press photographer who made the now-famous photo said he never thought about the danger of the moment. He was too caught up in his job.
via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/newsletters/2024/trump-photo-blood-raised-fist-fight/
Few, if any, journalists’ names have appeared in this newsletter as often as Evan Vucci. He is the Associated Press photographer based in Washington, D.C., who has been photographing Trump for years. Whenever a photo of Trump has appeared in this newsletter, it was more than likely taken by Vucci.
https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/trump-photo-blood-raised-fist-fight/
“I’m not there to have an opinion, I’m there to take photos,” says AP’s Evan Vucci
via Time: http://time.com/4507952/donald-trump-campaign-photos/
“I’m not there to have an opinion, I’m there to take photos,” says political photographer Evan Vucci. As a Washington-based photojournalist for the Associated Press, Vucci has spent the last 13 years in the political arena, doing his “absolute best to play it straight” in his coverage, he tells TIME.