“Your experience with me
is all about YOU.”
Hi
Hi, I’m Monica
I’m a Cape Town–based portrait photographer with almost two decades of experience photographing people and their stories. My work has taken me around the world, shaping a calm, intuitive approach that centres on connection, presence, and care.
My photography lives across two distinct, equally important spaces.
Through SEEN™, my signature portrait experience for women, I photograph Personal Brand imagery, headshots, and editorial-style portraits for women who need a strategic library of digital images for visibility, storytelling, and content across platforms. These sessions are highly personalised and collaborative, with thoughtful guidance from start to finish.
Alongside this, I photograph families in a relaxed, natural way, with a strong emphasis on printed artwork. Family photographs become part of a home and a history. They are created to be held, seen, and lived with, long after the session is over.
Whether I’m creating a personal brand image library or guiding a family through a portrait experience that results in printed photographs for their home, my clients receive more than images. They receive time, care, and an experience shaped around who they are.
Life tells the best stories. My role is to help you tell yours.
Testimonials
My Story
I have spent quality time in London, Israel, Singapore, and the USA in the 1990s. And on and off in Sweden, since 2000, and I’m now enjoying life in Cape Town, South Africa, where I was raised. Before studying Fine Art Photography, I studied Psychology, Media and Social Anthropology. During this time I also worked with children for 13 years, as an au pair, and at a school where they combined traditional and Montessori teaching.
I have worked in many photography genres, including photographing music gigs, weddings, and food photography, having my work published in 5 international recipe books.
Many of my previous wedding clients have now returned to have family and business portraits taken.
Outside of photography, my time is spent with family and friends in South Africa and Sweden, doing journaling, meditation, yoga, and traveling whenever I get the chance or disappearing into a great book. I’m a collector of limited edition artwork when I travel, and my apartment walls are covered in frames!
If you feel a connection to my imagery and want an exclusive experience with me in Cape Town, whether a Personal Branding, women’s magazine-style portrait session, or a family session, I would love to hear from you.
If you’re a photographer, I have exciting news! I have expanded my business into coaching and put together a program to help you with the business side of things so that you can regain your weekends and evenings and multiply your income.
Monica Dart Education
I guide professional photographers to build more profitable businesses
without working more hours.