John L. Gaunt
John L. Gaunt (June 4, 1924, Syracuse, New York – October 26, 2007, Desert Hot Springs, California) was an American photographer.[1] He won the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Photography.[2]
He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He studied at Compton College and graduated from University of Southern California, with a degree in zoology. He worked for the Los Angeles Times from October 1950 to 1988.[3]
His 1955 award-winning photo entitled "Tragedy by the Sea" depicted a young couple standing together beside a violent sea that had just taken their infant son away.[4] As well as the Pulitzer, the photograph won an Associated Press Managing Editor's Award, and a prize from the California-Nevada Associated Press.
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- ↑ http://www.freebase.com/view/en/john_l_gaunt_jr
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