Student Videographer of the Year 2021- Winner, sponsored by Nikon and the Past Presidents and Retired Members Scholarship Fund

portfolio by Brenda Elizondo

Student Videographer of the Year 2021- Runner-up

Hollywood's Newest Star: The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures by Aja Marshall

Student Still Photojournalist of the Year 2021- Winner, sponsored by Nikon and the Past Presidents and Retired Members Scholarship Fund

Yannick Peterhans

A protester holds up a sign March 24, 2021, near the Los Angeles Police Department skirmish line in an attempt to stop officers from removing an established homeless encampment at Echo Park Lake in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)

A Los Angeles County firefighter walks past the scene of a massive Sept. 28, 2021, warehouse fire in Carson, California. Nearly 300 firefighters were called to the scene to get the blaze under control. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)

A USC student pauses while writing a handwritten note about sexual assault at USC. After the Sigma Nu Fraternity was put a suspension for numerous reports of sexual assault at the house, USC students tapped hundreds of handwritten notes about sexual assault at USC on the outside of the house on Thursday Oct. 21, 2021. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)

Nour Myra Geha chants into a megaphone Oct. 25, 2021, while leading a large crowd from USC Village to the Sigma Nu fraternity house to protest recent reports of sexual assault. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)

Students walk from the USC village to the Sigma Nu Fraternity house on Oct. 22, 2021. Hundreds of USC students participated in the protest after the fraternity was placed on suspension for numerous reports of sexual assault occurring at the house. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)

Students use spray paint to write on the exterior of the Sigma Nu Fraternity house on Friday Oct. 22, 2021. Hundreds of students protested outside of the house after the fraternity was suspended due to numerous reports of sexual assault occuring at the house. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)

A USC student throws a plastic water bottle at the Sigma Nu house on October 22, 2021. Hundreds of students gathered outside of the house to protest numerous reports of sexual assault at the fraternity house. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)

Two USC students light candles outside of the Sigma Nu fraternity house on October 22, 2021. The vigil was held for victims of sexual assualt after the Sigma Nu house was suspended for numerous reports of sexual assault at the house. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans).

The Sigma Nu Fraternity house on W. 28th Street with handwritten notes of students' experiences with sexual assault at USC on Friday Oct. 22, 2021. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)

David Grannum posses for portrait on September 25, 2021. Grannum is a dancer and in USC's SCA, and hopes to enter the entertainment industry after graduation. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)

Vaggelis Makrygiannis swims at USC's Uytengsu Aquatics Center on September 24, 2021. Makrygiannis swam in for the Greek relay team in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)

Student Still Photojournalist of the Year 2021- Runner-up

Jon Putman

Santa Monica College Corsairs freshman Lupe Pulotu (3) yells in excitement as teams line up to announce staters before their game with Citrus College Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, Calif.

Cleanup crews from the US Ecology agency, the leading provider of environmental, emergency and disaster response check the beach's of Huntington Beach, Calif for any washed up oil after the recent oil spill that occured in Orange County, Calif. on Oct. 7, 2021.

Huntington Beach Police officers assemble to dispurse the angry crowds at the Black Lives Matter/ White Lives Matter protest held in Huntington Beach Calif. on March 11, 2021.

Arrested

A White Lives Matter protester was arrested and charged by Huntington Beach Police officers for fighting with opposing protesters at the Black Lives Matter and White Lives Matter rally held in Huntington Beach, Calif. on March 11, 2021.

Huntington Beach Police officers assemble to dispurse the angry crowds at the Black Lives Matter/ White Lives Matter protest held in Huntington Beach Calif. on March 11, 2021.

Distressed

A protester walks among swat officers with a distressed American flag displayed over his shoulder at the Black Lives Matter and White Lives Matter protest held in Huntington Beach, Calif. on March 11, 2021.

Santa Monica Firefighter Martinet stands in front of the Enlarged American flag for the Veterans Day event hosted by both the Los Angeles Army Recruitment Battalion and the California Army National Gaurd at the Santa Monica Pier on Nov. 11, 2021 in Santa Monica, Calif.

Santa Monica College Corsairs sophomore defensive back Jafari Thomas (29) reaches for a pass from Quarterback Sam Vaulton during a defensive back drill on Nov. 4, 2021 on a foggy day at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica Calif.