Fine art and fashion photographer Alix Martinez, who loves photographing children in the surrounding areas of NYC and Connecticut where she lives, has come up with a beautiful photo series of children having fun underwater.
The imaginative portraits feature the children doing sports like football, tennis, and even a girl helping her little brother ride a tricycle, or precociously pretending to do the things that grown-ups do, like sipping tea in a fancy dress, shirt and tie.
The photographer described her craft, "Underwater photography can be quite difficult especially with little subjects. The first time I almost drowned because I saw a shot I did not want to miss, but it is so rewarding when you look at your images. When I started, I could only hold my breath for 25 seconds and now I feel like a marine going under for 2 minutes."
[via My modern Met, images via Alix Martinez]