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 close to 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.