Local photojournalist lauded

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Victor Stephen Kamont

Malibu resident Victor Stephen Kamont received four photojournalism awards at the Pierce College Multimedia Awards Dinner last month in Woodland Hills.

Kamont is studying photography, photojournalism, and multimedia at Pierce College. He won second place for Best News Photo of the Year, Best Cub Photographer, the John Gallo Scholarship Award and the Editor’s Choice Award. Starting this spring, Kamont will be the chief photographer for the college newspaper, The Roundup, as well as the staff photographer for the college’s magazine, The Bull. He will also help start the first internet, podcast and radio station at Pierce College, while supporting himself as a local photographer, artist, handyman and builder.