About Open View Photography Ilona McCarty

When she's not at her Rocky Mountain Idaho base camp, internationally award-winning photographer, Ilona, travels the world in search of the photographic elixir of color, light, texture and form. Whether capturing fine architecture, lush residential gardens, or remote mountain tops and seas, her camera works overtime to push the transformation of image to art.

Books

2009
A Short History of the Honey Bee Humans, Flowers, and Bees in the Eternal Chase for Honey, Timber Press/ Workman Books. http://www.workman.com

2005
Fleurish, Sasquatch Books. 150 full color images of flowers, accompanied by evocative, sensuous text. http://www.sasquatchbooks.com

Magazines

Western Interiors and Design, AARP the Magazine, Big Sky Journal, Big Sky Journal Home, Western Art & Architecture, La Vie Claire, Islands, Garden Design, Sun Valley Magazine, Sun Valley Home Magazine, Northwest Palate, Diversions, Country etc.

Newspapers

Seattle Post Intelligencer, Honolulu Star Bulletin - Hawaii, Idaho Falls Post Register

Awards and Recognition

2009 Idaho Humanities Council and the Lemhi County Museum to photograph the largest extant collection of Lemhi Shoshone artifacts.
2009 Lucie International Photography Awards in Fine Art series titled "Heart."
2008 Idaho State Historical Society "Then and Now: A Photo History" Focusing on the changing American West. Pairing historical photos with current photos by photographer Ilona McCarty.
2008 Garden Writers Award for Portfolio of published garden images in 2007
2008 Lucie International Photography Award for Magazine article The Sweet Life
2006 Lucie International Photography Award for her photo book Fleurish

A Short History of the Honey Bee Humans, Flowers, and Bees in the Eternal Chase for Honey, Timber Press 2009. “Filled with just the right mixture of learning, personal narrative and historical facts, this piece is enhanced by strikingly beautiful photographs by Ilona, set among the pages like brilliant gems. The prose is comprehensible and inspiring." Meredith Greene, Sacramento Book Review [ Buy the Book ]

Fleurish, Sasquatch Books, 2005. "Full page close-ups on such details as the furry stem of a zinnia and the dew-drizzled leaves of a blood lily. Shot this way, even everyday daisies and run-of-the-mill roses regain all the mystery of the exotic." The Los Angeles Times [ Buy the Book ]