Beneath the Surface of Competitive Freediving.

Freediving is a sport where you dive as deep as you can, for as long as you can on a single breath of air. Athletes push themselves far beyond what is considered normal, some diving to depths over 100m, and breathholding for over 10mins. It may seem like a crazy extreme sport, reserved only for the suicidal adrenaline junkies, but when you look closely at a freediver beneath the surface, you may find that it is quite the opposite. Freedivers dive in a meditative state, lowering their heart rate and relaxing their body to consume the least amount of oxygen. Calmness, stillness, peace and silence, the words often used to describe this sport, of which I try to portray in the photos. Taken at the AAS Freediving Depth Championships held in Ahmed, Bali Indonesia.