A professional photographer based in NY and LA is well-known for capturing underwater photos of dogs has now turned his lens on yet another adorable underwater subject – babies.
Seth Casteel took roughly 10,000 photos of more than 750 babies for his Underwater Babies photo album.
The book reveals adorable babies as they explore the underwater world, chubby-cheeked, curious, mischievous, and playful, all captured in his up-close-and-personal signature style.
You may be concerned that the little kids are being put in harm’s way, but the opposite is actually true.
Casteel's series aims to raise awareness of the fact that unintentional drowning is one of the leading causes of death for children ages 1-4 in the U.S. alone.
The children in Casteel’s photos are part of a program designed to get supervised babies accustomed to the water.
And to help perfect instinctive self-rescue techniques that may help them survive in the event of a real drowning scenario.
The babies are taught to hold their breath, kick their feet and turn to float on their backs after being plunged underwater.
This technique was pioneered in the late ‘60s by Harvey Barnett, who at 18 became determined to teach infants to swim after the drowning of a neighbor’s child.
The fact that the toddlers in these photographs are closely supervised and are essentially learning to swim only makes them that much cuter!
Seth Casteel’s new book ‘Underwater Babies’ is now available on Amazon.
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[Source: MailOnline | Images via Seth Casteel]
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