'As a photographer and visual artist, there is nothing more important than having confidence in the equipment you use. Coming from painting background my monitor is like my canvas. When we talk about image making, this canvas must accurately display what is captured and what is going to be printed. I have always worked with a calibrated monitor, but when I switched to EIZO a revolution happened in my image-making. I instantly noticed so many colour issues especially in shadow details that I have always missed on my other monitors.'

Forough Yavari is an award-winning portrait and fine art photographer based in Brisbane, Australia. After studying in Art University, photography turned from a personal hobby into a professional challenge for her. The result of her endeavours over those years was her presence in multiple painting and photography exhibitions as well as winning several national and international awards. Her works have been exhibited in several venues and galleries internationally.

Forough was awarded Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) Master of Photography in 2018 and WPPI Master of Photography in 2019. In 2020 she achieved her Double Master of Photography from WPPI.

• 2020 AIPP Silver Lining Awards–Illustrative First Place
• 2020 AIPP Silver Lining Awards–Portrait First Place
• 2020 WPPI Annual-Illustrative Second Place
• 2020 WPPI First Half-Online Competition Portrait Individual First Place
• 2020 WPPI First Half-Online Competition Portrait Creative First Place
• 2020 WPPI First Half-Online Competition Open Creative Second Place
• 2020 NZIPP IRIS Awards International Photographer of the Year Finalist
• 2019 The Portrait Conference, 1st Place Winner
• 2019 AIPP APPA-Illustrative Category Finalist
• 2019 AIPP Queensland Portrait Photographer of The Year
• 2019 WPPI Annual Creative Division Grand Award Winner and Illustrative First Place
• 2019 The Portrait Masters-Creative Portrait Second Place
• 2018 AIPP Queensland Portrait Photographer of The Year
• 2017 AIPP Queensland Portrait Photographer of The Year
• 2017 WPPI First Half-Online Competition Portrait Contemporary Second Place
• 2016 AIPP Queensland Illustrative Photographer of The Year
• 2015 AIPP Queensland Illustrative Photographer of The Year Finalist
• 2014 WPPI Second Half-Online Competition Illustrative First Place and Second Place

Why Eizo?

As a photographer and visual artist there is nothing more important than having confidence in the equipment you use. Coming from painting background my monitor is like my canvas. When we talk about image-making, this canvas must accurately display what is captured and what is going to be printed. I have always worked with a calibrated monitor, but when I switched to EIZO a revolution happened in my image-making. I instantly noticed so many colour issues especially in shadow details that I have always missed on my other monitors. With advanced calibration options in EIZO monitors, I can be confident that what I see on my monitor is exactly what I get on my printed image under a controlled standard lighting. It’s very easy for me to say that EIZO is now playing a huge role in my creative process. The CG2730 has also an internal calibrator that is scheduled to run every week.

What Gear?

Monitors, computers, camera gear and computers. Jackie has already done the research, and tried and tested the gear. Visit Forough's #myeizo workstation page to get the details.