Screen LAB Express workshop

Screen LAB Express is a workshop for visual storytellers, photojournalists and documentary photographers. It is produced and hosted by Screen Projects, a US-based experimental production company for visual storytelling projects.

© Adam Ferguson
© Adam Ferguson

The two-day intensive has been designed specifically for photographers and visual journalists who want to make work that can be experienced beyond traditional editorial platforms, and build their personal brand as a visual storyteller through signature personal narratives.

Hosted at RMIT University in Melbourne, participants will hear from producers, editors, and creators of innovative transmedia projects and discuss the realities of making and sustaining long-form visual narratives across platforms and markets including film, broadcast, art, performance and online.

Screen Co-Founder, transmedia producer, and curator, Liza Faktor (USA) and guest expert, photojournalist Adam Ferguson (AUS) will be joined online by photographer and filmmaker Zackary Canepari (USA), and guest speakers based in Australia.

© Adam Ferguson
© Adam Ferguson

The workshop is suitable for practicing photographers, visual journalists, advanced graduate, and post-graduate students.

Further information about Screen Lab, costs and registration: www.screenprojects.org/screenlab/
Please book by 25 February to secure your spot.

Screen Lab Express is produced by Screen in partnership with RMIT University’s School of Media and Communication and School of Art, Melbourne, Australia.

If you're a documentary photographer trying to get the most out of exisiting markets, then this feature article by Liza Faktor – Screen Co-Founder, transmedia producer, and curator, is a must-read.

About Screen

Screen is a US-based experimental visual storytelling production company that explores the potential of cross-platform narratives. We produce projects across media, film, art and performance platforms to inform diverse audiences about the human condition. Our work ranges from exhibitions and cultural events, to short films, video installations, community engagement projects and immersive transmedia narratives.

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July

Perth: From 31 May – 28 Sept 2025. Featuring 85 works from three major series – Deep Springs, Overpass, and Cross Country – the exhibition spans twelve years of Contis’s evolving photographic practice.

Sydney: Until 31 Dec 2025. PIX, Australia’s first pictorial news weekly, is brought to life in this exhibition, showcasing its archived images and stories for the very first time.

Sydney: 15 May – 19 October. Showcasing 100 incredible images, this remarkable exhibition offers a window into the astonishing variety of life on our planet – and the critical importance of preserving it.

August

Leica Store Gallery in both Sydney & Melbourne present a unique photographic dialogue between Steve McCurry and Jessie Brinkman Evans. Until late October.

Canberra: 14 August – 13 September 2025. The Texans 1972-73 –features documentary style images from that era. The Camera Unrepair Shop – combines installation, cyanotype process and performance to reflect on the nature of photography.

Ballarat: 23 August – 19 October 2025. This year’s theme is Lifeforce, and it ties into an eight-week program of exhibitions, public art, talks, and workshops across more than 100 venues throughout Ballarat.