John Lyndon Gaunt (June 4, 1924 – October 26, 2007) also known as Jack was an American photographer who worked for the Los Angeles Times.

He grew up with his future wife, Mary Elise, and he graduated from Redondo Union High School.

He served in the United States Army Air Forces as a pilot during World War II.

[1] On April 2, 1954 he captured an image which won him the 1955 award-winning photo entitled "Tragedy by the Sea".

The man and woman were a Hermosa Beach, California couple named John and Lillian McDonald.