John L. Gaunt

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John L. Gaunt (June 4, 1924 – October 26, 2007) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American photographer. He was born in Syracuse, New York.

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. As well as the Pulitzer, the photograph won an Associated Press Managing Editor's Award, and a prize from the California-Nevada Associated Press. He died in Desert Hot Springs, California.[1]

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  1. ^ John L. Gaunt Jr., 83; won Pulitzer as Times photographer. LA Times. Retrieved on 2007-10-27.
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