Arcurs started selling his images online as a hobby in 2005 whilst studying Psychology at Aarhus University.
[10] Arcurs attends larger microstock and macrostock related events and has, among other activities, given the opening lecture at Cepic in 2010[11] and taken part in a panel discussion hosted by B&H Photo.
[3] As of 2015, Arcurs is living in Cape Town, South Africa with his Norwegian fiancée Cecilie Skjold Johansen who maintains a job as a corporate psychologist.
[14] Yuri's mother, Birgitte Krogh Wackerhausen, is a teacher with several courses completed in the field of Psychology.
A newly formed subsidiary in Cape Town, South Africa Yuri Arcurs Productions manage these aspects of the post-production.
[19] Yuri Arcurs Productions has a charity program to recruit and train new retouchers who come from poor circumstances and are unable to afford computers and software.