About the Author

Emma Farrell has enjoyed a successful and prolific career as a film writer and director. She has won numerous prizes and awards for her work, and has taught and lectured at universities on the subject of Media Arts.

She began freediving in 2001 and is now a leading instructor of the sport, and one of the few to teach children as well as adults. People come from all over the world to attend her courses which operate both in the UK and abroad.

Emma has written numerous articles on the subject of freediving, and she co-wrote the world’s first freediving log book. She chaired the British Freediving Association for two years and is currently part of an International Education Workgroup establishing standards and course content. She has been head of Freediving Education for DeeperBlue.net since 2004.

Emma has practised Iyengar yoga for many years and is a registered reflexologist. She has devised and taught courses on reflexology for diving, breathing for diving, and breathawareness. She lives in the West Country.

Find out more at www.emma-freediver.co.uk

About the Photographer

A true freediver is a silent observer of themselves and the magical world underwater. They do not seek to disturb or alter what they see.

A world champion freediver, a teacher for many years, and now a photographer who has been published across the globe, Frederic Buyle is unique in his vision and approach. His philosophy is to only take pictures whilst freediving himself, using just the natural light available to him, and to never change the image or direct his subject.

On a single breath Fred will disappear under the ice of the North Pole or fifty-five metres beneath the waves to capture images that reveal to us the beauty of the underwater world through the eye of an artist.

When being photographed for One Breath, the author was instructed not to do anything differently. "Just play around, have fun," Fred told her. In so doing, he allowed Emma the freedom to be herself under the water, and this gentle treatment of all his subjects has resulted in the beautiful photography that we have in this book.

Find out more at www.nektos.net