John L. Gaunt
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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 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.
[edit] References
- ^ "John L. Gaunt Jr., 83; won Pulitzer as Times photographer". LA Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-gaunt27oct27,1,1106416.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california. Retrieved 2007-10-27.[dead link]
- ^ http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1955
- ^ Heinz Dietrich Fischer, Erika J. Fischer, ed. (2000). Press photography awards, 1942-1998. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783598301841. http://books.google.com/books?id=Lace6Iu4cW4C&pg=PA31&lpg=PA31&dq=John+L.+Gaunt&source=bl&ots=L9eE8yLVWi&sig=dIuwAl-NxMBSyK8KsbHwB9tlUCM&hl=en&ei=VtPZTPaAOdGGhQfXpvHPAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CDEQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=John%20L.%20Gaunt&f=false.
- ^ http://www.freebase.com/view/en/john_l_gaunt_jr
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