JillMcCartyImages.com
About the Artist
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I am dedicated to sharing the enjoyment of our miraculous underwater world through photography at www.jillmccartyimages.com and @JillMcCartyImages. I hope to inspire others to connect with and protect our fragile undersea world which is essential to humankind’s well-being.
Raised in Santa Barbara, California, my earliest memories include poking around in tide pools and learning to body surf. When I’m in the ocean, I’m at home. When I make photographic images, time stands still.
I studied photography at Stanford University, and did my first SCUBA dives as a teenager while doing marine science research at Hopkins Marine Station in Monterey, California. I am now a Master Scuba Diver, and have logged over 1,000 dives.
My passion for photography and scuba diving reignited as I retired from medical practice. Over the past decade, I have pursued the artistic interpretation of underwater life on reefs and in the open ocean worldwide. I have enjoyed the challenges of honing my craft to develop a unique artistic style in photography in often-challenging underwater conditions.
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I have been fortunate to have won awards in international photography competitions, including Dive Photo Guide/Wetpixel Masters Underwater Imaging Competition, and as a finalist in Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Underwater Photographer of the Year, Ocean Geographic Pictures of the Year and Smithsonian Magazine Photography Contests. I have had my images published in SCUBA DIVING and DIVE magazines, and currently on exhibit at Stanford University’s Doerr School of Sustainability as an awardee in their annual photography contest.
I am very lucky to live in coastal Ventura, California, with the Channel Islands National Park in my backyard! I hope you enjoy this look at the magical world beneath our seas. My work is available for sale in a range of sizes and finishes. I am partial to the glossy depth possible with the Chromaluxe dye-sublimation method on aluminum. This frameless material is UV and water resistant, and arrives ready to hang and enjoy!
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