FOROUGH YAVARI AIPP APP M.Photog
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 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
- 2020 AIPP Silver Lining Awards–Illustrative First Place
- 2020 AIPP Silver Lining Awards–Portrait First Place
- 2020 WPPI Annual-Illustrative Second Place
- 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
MARK DUFFUS AIPP LM M.Photog IV
Mark Duffus has gained a wealth of experience over the last 32 years in the photographic industry.
He is a respected and talented photographer who won 2018 & 2019 Qld Commercial Photographer of the Year with the AIPP. These awards join many other Australian & international awards that line his walls and have earned him the accolade of AIPP Master of Photography with 4 Gold Bars and Master of Photog. at WPPI.
Mark was born in Melbourne (Australia) and moved to Queensland where he studied at the QLD College of Art and graduated in 1988. Mark has gained experience in every aspect of the photographic industry from black and white darkroom to a full commercial darkroom, from portraits and wedding photography to corporate, fashion, architecture and advertising photography.
Mark’s dedication to the industry is his vision and ability to make the ordinary everyday look amazing and shine. His professionalism and technical ability allows him to breeze through many challenges that others may struggle with. Working to a brief or adding his creative flair and advice to your project or assignment is all in a days work for Mark.
Speaking is also one of Marks many talents, touring Australia with a seminar series educating other photographers , more recently speaking at WPPI 2020 & participating in forums with AIPP. He has also dedicated time to judging for the AIPP over the last 28 years and WPPI for last 3 years.
- 2006 Runner up Editorial Photographer of the Year Qld AIPP
- 2004 Winner Avante Garde Section Australian Hair Fashion Awards
- 2002 AIPP Australian Advertising Photographer of the Year,
- 2007 Runner Up Australian Editorial Photographer of the Year, AIPP
- 1993 – 2018 193 State & national Awards with the AIPP
- 2013 – 2018 35 international awards.
- 2010 Runner Up QLD AIPP Commercial Photographer of the Year.
- 2012 Runner Up Qld AIPP Commercial Photographer of the Year.
- 2013 Finalist Qld AIPP Commercial Photographer of the Year.
- 2014 Runner Up Qld AIPP Commercial Photographer of the Year.
- 2014 2nd Place US WPPI Commercial Photographer of the Year.
- 2014 Highest scoring Commercial print AIPP National Awards.
- 2014 1st Place 1st & 2nd Half competition US WPPI Commercial Photographer of the Year. 2015 3rd Place US WPPI Commercial Photographer of the Year. 7 Silver Awards.
- 2015 Finalist Qld Aipp Commercial photographer of the year.
- 2017 Finalist Qld Aipp Commercial photographer of the year.
- 2018 Qld Aipp Commercial photographer of the year.
- 2019 Qld Aipp Commercial photographer of the year.
- 2020 Rise Awards 3rd place Landscape
- 2021 Sliver Lining Awards 3rd place COLOR category