Daniel Forster was born on Valentine's Day, 1948 in Murten , Switzerland. After an apprenticeship in a photo studio in Berne, he became a freelance photographer in 1974 and has since covered nine America's Cups and nine Olympic Games, one of them the Winter Games in Calgary.

His photographs appeared in every major Yachting magazine in Europe, the USA, New Zealand, and Australia.

His Website, www.yachtphoto.com , averages 20,000 visits a day during big events.

The America's Cups became stepping stones in his career: In 1986/87 TIME magazine sent him for five months to Perth, Australia and used his picture of winner Dennis Conner on the February cover. In 1988 Daniel moved from Switzerland to Middletown, Rhode Island, USA to be closer to the Sea!

In 1992 Daniel was the official photographer for Bill Koch's America3 team, which successfully defended the America's Cup, and in 1995 he photographed the "Women's Team plus One" quest for the America's Cup defense. Another of his photographs on the TIME magazine cover celebrated Team New Zealand's Victory in 1995!

In 1999/2000 he spent the shortest five months of his life reporting from the America's Cup in Auckland.

Daniel has been commissioned by maxi yacht owners like Bill Koch, MATADOR, Larry Ellison, SAYONARA and Jim Dolan, SAGAMORE, to document in book format their yacht's participation at major sailing events.

He worked with "illbruck Challenge" to document their global circumnavigation during the Volvo Ocean Race of which they won. Not a new job either, it is his third time doing all the stopovers for a client. In 1986 he even did the Uruguay to England leg on board UBS Switzerland as a photographer / crew member!

The action of the Louis Vuitton Cup and the most recent America's Cup can be seen on these pages. Daniel will soon be back out on the water covering major ROLEX sponsored regattas. Stay tuned!

Daniel Forster now lives in Jamestown, just across the bridge from Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Kurt Arrigo was born in 1969 on the island of Malta. Growing up surrounded by the sea, Kurt developed a strong passion for water-related sports, in particular sailing and scuba diving. So when Kurt picked up a camera it was a natural progression for him to photograph his passions.

Kurt has been a full–time freelance photographer since 1995.

His passion for sailing photography took off after shooting the 1992 America’s Cup in San Diego. Since then he has documented several international yachting events including The Nioularge, Antigua Race week, Malta Rolex Middle Sea Race, many of which he has also crewed.

He has also excelled in underwater photography. Pushing the art to new boundaries, he came third in the prestigious 1995 Underwater World Championships of Photography held in the Red Sea. He has traveled around the globe shooting underwater wild life including schools of hammerhead sharks in the Galapagos Islands, documenting underwater activity on the Great Barrier Reef.

He won another prestigious honour and was included in the 1997 Communication Arts Photography Annual. He has also started to photograph yachting events from underwater, producing original images.

Kurt is continuously merging his photography talents of water sports and underwater photography. He is currently publishing a book called Malta: A Coastal Journey portraying Malta’s coastal and historical life above and below sea level.

Since 2000 Kurt has also been involved with the film industry in Malta as a stills photographer for most of the international productions on the island. His portfolio includes the likes of Rupert Everett and Sharon Stone amongst other actors.

Kurt’s commitment to his work is portrayed in his positive attitude and easy going personality. He strives to meet new boundaries and push his artistic limits, constantly searching for a fresh outlook on his subjects.