Children are another of the subjects Hsu concerns himself with. In "Playful Children on Lanyu" (1965), Hsu uses an upward-looking angle to achieve a sharp contrast of shapes in the forefront against the empty sky; he is able to paradoxically make the children appear frozen as statues while still effusing the vitality of youth.
孩童也是徐清波極為關心的題材，在「蘭嶼玩童」（一九六四年）裡，他仰攝了四個雅美族頑童，勇健的形體中透露出好奇與專注，而仰角透空的取景，使得四名小童宛如凝固的石像一般，直接明快地表白了生命力的堅韌。