The Voxfrock Rookie Programme

The Voxfrock Rookie crew is a mentoring programme for emerging fashion journalists and photographers run in Melbourne for eight years by veteran fashion editor Janice Breen Burns and legendary shooter Monty Coles. The programme was recently joined to the FashLab mentoring project.

Voxfrock and FashLab are extremely proud of their many rookie graduates who have forged stellar careers as writers, photographers, producers and fashion industry creatives. Among them, Andy Tran and Reannon Smith also crewed and were generously mentored in the arts of fashion photography by Sonny Vandevelde.

Applications for the next intake of Voxfrock Rookies who will be coached through coverage of Melbourne Fashion Week 2024 runways and independent events as journalist/photographer crews, are now open. Send a short bio and three examples of your writing or photography to Janice Breen Burns at contact.fashlab@gmail.com.

Rookies Crew 2023

Meet the Voxfrocker - Theadora Violet

Theadora Violet Burns

Theadora is a science graduate and studied film animation and photography at Deakin University. She is also a seasoned traveller, equally passionate about photography, fashion and far-off destinations. Theadora's fashion photography is nuanced, narrative-driven and tends to the reportage. This is her second tour on the Voxfrock Rookie Crew.

Meet the Voxfrocker - Tilly Parsons

Tilly Parsons is a gifted young artist who specialises in portrait and fashion photography and describes her life's work; "exploring and reframing cinematic conventions utilising both analogue and digital mediums." Tilly has a Bachelor of Screen and Cultural Studies, Hons. from the University of Melbourne and is available for professional photography commissions.

Meet the Voxfrocker - Carlin John Stephenson

Carlin John Stephenson is a photographer/videographer with a passionate focus on the Melbourne fashion and music industries' BIPOC and Queer perspectives. Since graduating in photography studies from Melbourne Polytechnic in 2022, Carlin has collaborated with local artists and brands to create uniquely memorable work.

Meet Voxfrock Rookie photographer Joel Parkinson

Joel Parkinson is a stylist and image-maker undertaking a double degree in Film & Photography and Fashion & Costume at LCI Melbourne. His work, he says, "Cultivates a cross disciplinary approach to image-making and styling, encompassing interests in fashion, art and design."

Meet Voxfrock Rookie photographer Reannon Smith

Reannon completed photography studies at RMIT and jumped into a variety of professional fields with fashion and architecture at the forefront. Her way of capturing light, creating depth and suspending movement results in elegant, visually poetic imagery.

Meet Voxfrock Rookie fashion photographer, Chrissy Dore

Chrissy Dore is an accomplished portrait, fashion and events photographer with a dynamic background in social media and PR. Pausing her lens at precisely the right moment to achieve maximum beauty and effect, she enjoys playing with light, shade and movement.