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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Gregory Mancuso- Baby Survival Swimming

Photography | fascinating and funny photos of babies underwater

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Here are remarkable and funny photos of infants which were shot underwater while they were learning survival swimming.
Fascinating and funny photographs of babies underwater shot during infant survival swim training Los AngelesIn this remarkable series from photographer Seth Casteel, we see infants who are learning survival swimming in case they ever fall into water. After undergoing this training, babies are able to swim, stay afloat, face out of the water, and rest until help arrives.
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Fascinating and funny photographs of babies underwater shot during infant survival swim training Los Angeles - 1
Fascinating and funny photographs of babies underwater shot during infant survival swim training Los Angeles – 1

Before Learning to Crawl, You Must Learn to Swim

Rachael Ubiera, a 25-year-old in Kissimmee, Fla., considers herself “one of the relaxed moms.” But the first time she saw her 5-month-old daughter, Zoe, carefully dropped underwater in a pool for infant survival swim training, it was nerve-racking.

video of infant survival swimming

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“She looked surprised,” Ubiera says. “Like, ‘What are you doing to me?’ ” Zoe was being introduced to “self-rescue,” in which babies are taught to hold their breath underwater, kick their feet, turn over to float on their backs and rest until help arrives.
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Fascinating and funny photographs of babies underwater shot during infant survival swim training Los Angeles – 2
The technique, photographed here by Seth Casteel, who is working on a related book that will come out next spring, 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. His methods have spread around the world — taught in clinics and imitated widely. “It gives the baby the best possible chance,” he says.
Continue reading – By Julie Bosman – NY Times
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Fascinating and funny photographs of babies underwater shot during infant survival swim training Los Angeles - 3
Fascinating and funny photographs of babies underwater shot during infant survival swim training Los Angeles – 3

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