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Monica Pronk Photography

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Hello,

I'm an award-winning Sydney-based photographer specialising in people, fashion, lifestyle and fine art. My internationally published images strive to capture that authentic space where emotion and story meet thoughtful composition.

Photography found me at nineteen, and I've been captivated by it ever since. I find wonder in chasing light across studio floors and ocean shores alike, seeking that perfect harmony between human connection and storytelling. Each frame becomes both a story and an invitation.

Through my fine art series "Part of the Whole," I explore the feminine alongside oceans & landscapes, creating luminous visuals that celebrate the profound yet often overlooked connection we share with nature. In both my life & work I strive to make eco-choices wherever possible — I believe art has the power to reawaken our innate connection to the natural world around us and by doing so, help preserve it.

"When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice." - Robert Frank

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🌿Beautiful @sofiaareynal for @bowerbirdjewels with cruelty free natural beauty by @chelseypriormua using @ereperezcosmetics 🕊
✨I covered @zeliemusic in diamonds for the latest issue of @pinnkmag ✨
Can’t wait to hear what this talented babe does next🎵🙌
📸 Art direction & photography @monicapronkphotography
🌞 Today feels like summer in Sydney, so here’s @kepsibel as a beached mermaid from my project @part_of_the_whole_exhibition 
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#feelslikesummer #mermaiding
🙈Pretty sure this sums up how we should have been looking at 2020 😆
- Can’t believe I didn’t share this one yet, from my shoot of absolute legend @rhysnicholson ⚡️
🌼Beautiful Claude Scott Mitchell as one of Australia’s first female scientists, in ‘Chrysalis’ directed by the wonderful @lauranagy in the dreamiest of flower fields. ⁠⠀
📷 Stills by me⠀⁠⠀
🎥 DOP @emmapainedp ⠀⁠⠀
Producer @marensal
🌙Longtime friend & super talented musician @zeliemusic shimmering in the latest issue of @pinnkmag - check out her latest release 'Higher' on @spotifyaunz it'll have you hooked 🎶 ⁠⠀
📸 Art direction & photography by yours truly 🌝
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#lens
✨ A moment of Madeline from the archives taken at Bronte on 35mm. 
Reminder to self: shoot more film 🎞
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#filmisntdead #35mmportraits #35mmfilmphoto #filmlovephotography
On Thursdays we wear leopard print 🐆 ~ from my portrait shoot a little while back of babe @madeleineculpart slayin’ in leopard 🐆
💫 New work for the beautiful @bowerbirdjewel featuring  goddess @sofiaareynal with hair & makeup by @chesleyambergram using all organic & cruelty-free beauty products.🐰
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#goldenjewellery #jewelleryofinstagram #earthytones #sofiareynal #e
🌛’We are made of star stuff, we are a way for the cosmos to know itself’
- Carl Sagan
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Naturally glowing @marni_p in the setting sun 🌞
💫 New work for the beautiful @bowerbirdjewel featuring absolute goddess @sofiaareynal with hair & makeup by @chesleyambergram using all organic & cruelty-free beauty products.🐰
🤗 This shoot was magic, so much beautiful energy working along
🐱Beauty @sophie_ella_abernethy and her adorable little fur baby Moo 🥰
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#rescuecat #adoptdontshop #kittiesofinsta #modelkitty #winkmodels #cuteoverload😍 #furmamalife #girlsandcats
☀️New work for @volange.paris ~ with beauty @_cocopower_

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#frenchfashion #parisianvibes #frenchstylefashion
The stunning & talented @hannahmayreilly & her million dollar smile 😍
👉 Swipe for even more fun 💞
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#femalecomedian #femalewriter #sydneyportraitphotographer
🌵Cactus dreaming🌵
Did you know a cactus can live up to 200 years? So much love for these wise, resilient & beautiful plants 💕🌞
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#cactuslovers🌵 #admirerofnature❤ #cactusmagic #plantloversunite
💫Vibing with absolute babe @rosaline.kanneh for sustainable fashion concept @wearecoclo 🌿
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#sustainableliving #sustainablestyle #itsavibe⚡️
‘𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯’ from my photo series ⠀
‘𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚‘⠀
~ Celebrating womankind & exploring our connection to nature. 🌿⠀
Fine art prints available online at my print shop, link in my bio >
Let the light shine in, it’s golden ✨
~ A magic afternoon capturing @sophie_ella_abernethy in jewels by @trovetrovetrove & golden rays 🌞
 

Clients Include:

Amex

The Oodie

Almond Breeze

Krin Collective

Every Human

McDonald's

Chatime Australia

Ella Bache

The ABC

BizCover Insurance

Mangoes Australia

Western Sydney University

Elucent Skincare

Australian Seniors

PCYC

Publications:

Sydney Morning Herald - Cover

Frankie Magazine (print)

Peppermint Magazine (print)

Beat Magazine (Cover x 2)

‘Girls Just Wanna Have Funds’ - Molly Benjamin (Book Cover)

Rolling Stone Magazine (Aus, print)

Netflix Australia (Main Screen)

Good Weekend Magazine (Print)

Life is Tough (But So Are You) - Briony Benjamin (Book)

Jet Star Magazine (print)

The Music Magazine (print)

Melbourne Comedy Festival Mag (print)

Sydney Comedy Festival Mag (print)

iMute Magazine

Resuer Magazine

Jute Magazine

Flanelle Magazine

White Lies Magazine

Whim Magazine

HUF Magazine

Flawless Magazine

Slang Magazine

Anon Magazine

Awards:

Winner of Corbis Behind The Lens Competition 2011

Finalist in the ‘Frankie Good Stuff Awards’ - 2018

Editors Pick in ‘The Color Awards’ - The Independent Photographer - 2019

Winner - 17th Annual ‘Black & White Spider Awards’ 2023

 

 

 

 

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