Capturing every bit of action on and off the water at a SailGP event is no simple task, so it is no real surprise to find out it takes a large team of talented photographers and some complex coordination to make it happen.
I sat down with the man who leads the SailGP photography team – seasoned news and sports photographer Bob Martin – to find out how it all works.
As well as working with British broadsheet newspapers like The Times and the Daily Mail and as a Europe-based staff photographer for the American magazine Sports Illustrated, Martin’s thirty year professional career has taken him all around the globe to shoot the action at the world’s premiere sporting events – including the last fifteen Summer and Winter Olympic Games, as well as Grand Slam Tennis and Formula 1.
His images have been showcased in a swathe of the very best international publications, such as Time, Newsweek, Life Magazine, Stern, Paris Match, Bunte, L’Equipe, The Sunday Times, and the New York Times.
Martin was appointed Photo Chief at the London 2012 Olympic Games and was a consultant on photographic issues to the Rio 2016 Olympic organising committee. He also consulted for the International Olympic Committee for Tokyo 2020 and now for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
