Stunning Underwater Photography Captures Swimmers Submerged Beneath Crashing Waves [GALLERY]

24 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone in Art, Environment, Nature

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Australian photographer Mark Tipple’s “The Underwater Project” was brilliance created by accident. Tipple is an experienced surf photographer and for this project focused on the aesthetics of the waves from below the surface of the water.

[The first image] was a personal favorite and I’m still trying to beat it. But it’s also the most frustrating as I have no idea who he is.

I can get in trouble if [the wave] lands on me. When I was starting this happened a few times and it ripped the camera out of my hand, sending it to the rocks on the shore and twisting me into a pretzel at the same time.

The project was inspired after Tipple captured a swimmer struggling beneath a wave (main image). After reveiwing the picture he was captivated “by the young man’s expression and the ethereal quality of the chaotic scene”.

[Source: Wired]

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