John L. Gaunt (Redirected from Tragedy by the Sea)
John L. Gaunt (June 4, 1924 – October 26, 2007) was an American photographer. He won the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Photography.
John L. Gaunt | |
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Born | June 4, 1924 Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
Died | October 26, 2007 | (aged 83)
Education | Redondo Union High School |
Alma mater | University of Southern California |
Occupation | Photographer |
Known for | Winning the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Photography |
Spouse | Mary Elise Gaunt |
Children | 2 |
Born as the only child to a stockbroker, Gaunt moved and grew up in Hermosa Beach, California. Growing up with his future wife, Mary Elise, he graduated from Redondo Union High School. 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. Gaunt married Mary Elise in the late 1940s, and the two had two daughters: Jane and Abigail. He worked for the Los Angeles Times from October 1950 to 1988.
His 1955 award-winning photo entitled "Tragedy by the Sea" depicted the morning of 2 April 1954 when his neighbors, young Hermosa couple John and Lillian McDonald, stood together beside a violent sea that had just taken their infant son, Michael, away. The photo made the front page of the Los Angeles Times the following morning. 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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