Cherubic Photographs of Babies Learning How to Swim

There is nothing more adorable than babies, except maybe babies learning how to swim for the first time. In these series of photographs, London-based photographer Phil Shaw captures the raw reaction of babies when submerged under water. Rippling folds and exposed bums never looked cuter.

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