Jean Guichard

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Jean Guichard is a French photographer known for his images of lighthouses. One series of seven pictures, titled "La Jument", is world-famous; it depicts the French lighthouse "La Jument" in a tempest; a wave is about to engulf the lighthouse as its keeper, Théodore Malgorne, thinking Guichard's was the rescue helicopter, looks out the open door.

[edit] External links

• Jean Guichard's official site, with a flash animation of La Jument in a tempest
• The story of the La Jument photos
• The-Artist.org page on Jean Guichard