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Maureen Noonan
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Nature seeker, traveler, photographer, and artist / Living with purpose, exploring untamed landscapes, and discovering beauty in life’s quiet corners.

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Still, Before Forgetting
where memories fade at the edges
California Coast
#photography #eastcoastkin #classicmono #naturephotography #conceptualphotography #landscapephotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #californiacoast
A black & white photograph of a quiet shoreline shows a looping strand of dark seaweed resting on wet sand in the foreground, its curved shape leading the eye toward the ocean. Scattered fragments of seaweed and faint footprints mark the beach, while smooth rocks sit near the water’s edge and soft waves roll in beneath a pale, hazy sky. With no people present, the scene captures a pause after movement has passed, after the tide has retreated, but before its traces are erased. The absence of color and the gentle light soften the landscape, reflecting the way memory lingers without sharp edges, suspended briefly in stillness before fading.
January 29, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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What Remains After
geological indifference, the endurance of land across timescales that exceed human life, memory, and violence. The landscape remains, bearing witness without judgment.
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A black-and-white photograph depicts a vast Icelandic landscape dominated by a steep, weathered cliff face dusted with snow. The surface of the rock is layered and uneven, marked by erosion and time. At the base of the cliff, small in scale and partially embedded in the land, sits an abandoned stone dwelling. The structure appears low and modest, built close against the rock for shelter, nearly absorbed by the surrounding ground. Snow and scattered stones stretch outward, and no people are present. The dwelling is an early Icelandic home, similar to those used by Viking settlers who built against cliffs for protection from wind and cold. The photograph offers a place to stand with grief, endurance, and unease. The land remains, bearing witness long after human lives and human violence have passed.
January 26, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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A Place That Remembers
studies in liminal geography
#mindfulness #ArtistsOnBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #WomensArtBlueSky #conceptualart #conceptualphotography #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin
A quiet shoreline stretches across the image under an overcast sky. In the foreground, pale grasses and low coastal vegetation bend and thin as they recede toward the water. The shoreline curves gently, guiding the eye toward a distant line of dark mountains that rise softly along the horizon. The water is calm, reflecting muted light rather than sharp highlights, and the overall palette is restrained—cool grays, soft browns, and subdued greens. There are no people or structures visible. The scene feels still and enduring, emphasizing the relationship between land, water, and mountain as a continuous presence shaped by time and weather rather than human activity.
January 18, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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Lanscape as Refuge
#photography #womenphotographers #blackandwhitephotography #eastcoastkin #classicmono #conceptualart #conceptualphotography #landscapephotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Bhutan
A black & white photograph of an abandoned tea plantation in Bhutan shows softly terraced land rising into a dense stand of trees. The vegetation appears plush and enveloping, with rounded forms and muted contrast that blur the boundary between individual plants and forest. Several trees lean and bend rather than stand upright, their dark trunks emerging from layers of foliage like slow, weathered figures. The terraces are present but understated, folding quietly into the landscape rather than asserting themselves. Above, pale clouds drift across a bright sky, offering light without drama. The overall image feels hushed and suspended, presenting the landscape as a place of refuge — not as escape, but as a space where weight can be set down and held by the land itself.
January 15, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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The Persistence of Place Amid Human Violence
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This black-and-white photograph depicts a rocky coastline under an open sky. In the center of the frame stands a tall, jagged sea stack rising sharply from the water, its surface dark and textured, with small trees clinging to its upper edges. To the left, a smaller rock formation echoes its shape. Gentle waves move toward a pebbled shoreline in the foreground, where scattered stones rest in shadow. The sky is smooth and expansive, without clouds, creating a sense of stillness and scale. The image was made following a recent act of state violence that resulted in the death of a citizen. The photograph serves as a place of presence, standing with grief, disturbance, and moral unease. The landscape bears witness, offering a space to pause, feel, and reflect.
January 9, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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A place where meaning gathers, without asking to be named.
Studies in Liminal Geography
Annapurna Circuit, Nepal
#photography #womenphotographers #blackandwhitephotography #eastcoastkin #classicmono #conceptualart #conceptualphotography #landscapephotography #Nepal
A black-and-white photograph taken along the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal shows a dense, ancient forest on a sloping mountainside. Thick, gnarled trees dominate the scene, their heavy branches twisting and arching across the frame like interlocking arms. Moss, vines, and hanging growth cling to the bark, suggesting long years of quiet persistence in a damp, high-altitude environment. The forest floor drops away into shadow, drawing the viewer’s eye inward along a narrow, indistinct path that disappears among the roots and undergrowth. The absence of color emphasizes texture and form—rough bark, tangled limbs, and soft leaf litter—creating a sense of stillness and reverence. The image conveys a feeling of crossing into a timeless place, where meaning accumulates naturally in the land, without needing to be spoken or named.
December 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Entering a Threshold Space
Studies in Liminal Geography
Florida Keys
#photography #womenphotographers #blackandwhitephotography #eastcoastkin #classicmono #conceptualart #conceptualphotography #landscapephotography #TuesdayTrees
This black-and-white photograph depicts a dense forest scene in the Florida Keys, where thick, twisting tree branches arch overhead and long strands of Spanish moss hang like curtains from above. Dappled sunlight filters through the canopy, casting intricate shadows across the leaf-covered ground. The foreground is dark and textured, while a softly lit clearing appears in the distance, drawing the viewer inward. The image evokes a sense of crossing into an in-between space—neither fully enclosed nor open—suggesting themes of transition, memory, and the quiet threshold between presence and past.
December 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Searching back until I reach the all of me which is ancestor.
PNW, Oregon
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A black-and-white photograph shows a vast, empty shoreline under a dramatic, cloud-filled sky. The wet sand in the foreground is smooth and lightly rippled, reflecting the soft light like brushed metal. In the far distance, a single small figure stands alone at the edge of the incoming waves, facing the open water. Mountains and mist fade into the horizon on the left, giving the scene a sense of depth and quiet isolation. The atmosphere is reflective and timeless, evoking themes of memory, ancestry, and searching for one’s place in the world.
December 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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'A Moment Between Tides'
a fleeting stillness between what was and what’s to come.
Oregon Coast, PNW
#photography #womenphotographers #blackandwhitephotography #eastcoastkin #classicmono #PNW
A black and white photograph taken near Cannon Beach, Oregon, captures a vast, moody shoreline under a brooding sky. The tide has receded, leaving a wide stretch of wet sand that mirrors the clouds above like rippled glass. In the distance, mist softens the outline of steep coastal cliffs that fade into the horizon. A scattering of dark rocks rests along the water’s edge, while faint sunlight glimmers through breaks in the clouds, touching the sand with a silver glow. The image evokes stillness — that fleeting pause when the ocean seems to hold its breath between movements. It reflects a moment of quiet introspection, where land, sea, and sky blur into one seamless expanse.
November 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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'The Geography of What Shapes Us'
How our contours are formed through subtle interactions
Cape Cod, MA
#conceptualart #conceptualphotography #landscapephotography #photography #womenphotographers #classicmono #stunday #eastcoastkin #capecod
This photograph is a black-and-white landscape taken along the dunes of Cape Cod. The foreground is filled with wind-carved sand, its surface rippled in delicate waves that catch the light like soft brushstrokes. On the left, tall dune grasses bend and sweep across the slope, their shadows stretching long and thin across the sand. A darker ridge of sand runs diagonally from the upper left toward the center, creating a strong contrast between shadow and brightness. To the right, a weathered wooden fence emerges from the sand and trails into the distance, partially buried as if slowly being reclaimed by the landscape. The sky above is deep and dark, almost featureless, giving the scene a quiet, contemplative weight. This image explores how both nature and human experience are shaped over time by forces we rarely see or fully acknowledge. The ridges in the sand and the bend of the grass reflect the way subtle interactions — wind, time, movement, memory — sculpt the contours of a place, much like the emotional forces that shape us as individuals. The scene feels timeless, still, and introspective, inviting reflection on the patterns we leave behind and the quiet influences that form who we become.
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Our search for meaning in a physical environment
Pilgrimage to Tiger’s Nest, Bhutan

#conceptualart #conceptualphotography #landscapephotography #photography #womenphotographers #blackandwhitephotography #forest #eastcoastkin #Bhutan
This black-and-white photograph reveals a dense, mysterious forest scene taken during my pilgrimage up to Bhutan’s famed Tiger’s Nest monastery. In the foreground, a large, mossy tree trunk rises and twists, its surface bristling with organic textures, lichens, and clumps of ferns. All around, slender tree branches and thin twigs crisscross the frame, and in the background, more tall trees fade softly into a gentle haze. The muted palette and scattered patches of sunlight create a moody, dreamlike ambiance, suggesting a place steeped in history and spiritual significance—quiet, contemplative, and filled with the echo of footsteps past and present. The photograph captures the sensation of walking beneath an ancient canopy, feeling at once connected to nature and the deeper journey within.
October 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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the space between presence and fading
Lilly pond at night, Bangladesh

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In this black-and-white photograph, a cluster of pond reeds stands silhouetted against a reflective surface of water. The image was captured at night, where light from an unseen source grazes the rippling surface, creating an interplay of darkness and illumination. The reeds rise in slender, shadowed shapes from the lower half of the frame, their forms dissolving into a luminous blur above them. A faint reflection of a tree drifts in the upper right corner, bending gently with the water’s motion. The scene evokes both stillness and impermanence — a moment suspended between clarity and obscurity, where reflection and reality merge.
October 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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What does it mean for something to thrive only through continuous shaping?
Tea Plantation, Bangladesh
#conceptualart #conceptualphotography #landscapephotography #photography #womenphotographers #blackandwhitephotography #StunDay #eastcoastkin
This black-and-white photograph, toned in platinum hues, depicts a tea plantation in Bangladesh. A dirt path winds gently through patterned rows of low, neatly trimmed tea bushes. Slender trees rise among them, their trunks casting faint shadows across the ground. The distant slope is dotted with more trees, gradually fading into soft light. The composition centers on the pathway, curving as if it might lead the viewer just out of sight. The surrounding tea plants form rhythmic textures — an interplay between natural growth and human cultivation. The overall atmosphere is quiet, balanced between stillness and movement, suggesting both the discipline of the land and its quiet resistance.
October 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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'Of Memory and Survival'
the pulse of life that persists through time’s erosion, a quiet resistance in a place shaped by chaos.
#conceptualphotography #landscapephotography #photography #womenphotographers #nightphotography #naturephotography #iceland
The photograph captures the lava fields of Dimmuborgir in northern Iceland, a volcanic landscape formed thousands of years ago by a powerful eruption. Dark basalt formations rise sharply across the frame, their irregular shapes contrasting with patches of snow that settle in the hollows between them. In the foreground, leafless red-tinged branches cut through the scene, providing a stark counterpoint to the surrounding tones of black rock and pale sky. The composition draws attention to the meeting of geological time and seasonal change — where remnants of volcanic history coexist with the quieter marks of winter. The muted light and subdued palette emphasize the stillness of the terrain, offering a glimpse into a landscape both ancient and enduring.
October 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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'Resilience Within Fragility'
the resilience that exists even in the most delicate forms of being.

Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon, Iceland

#conceptualart #conceptualphotography #landscapephotography #photography #womenphotographers #blackandwhitephotography #naturephotography #waterwednesday #iceland
This image is a black and white photograph which depicts a large iceberg floating in dark, calm waters under a dense, overcast sky. Its surface is rough and layered, fractured with deep lines and softened by melt. In the background, faint silhouettes of mountains blur into mist, emphasizing a sense of solitude and vastness. The photograph feels both fragile and timeless — a meditation on survival within change.
October 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Where mercy met the edge of the world.
At Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau, the Great Wall

Big Island, HI
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Captured at Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, this photograph depicts the Great Wall — a 965-foot-long structure built of dark volcanic stones, once marking the boundary of refuge. Within these walls, those who broke sacred laws, the kapu, could find absolution and protection. In this black and white image, the wall stretches across a rocky, sun-bleached landscape beneath a pale, open sky. The terrain is rough and scattered with stones and sand, while the wall itself stands silent and resolute, weathered by centuries of wind and salt. The composition feels still and solemn — a space between isolation and grace. The Great Wall endures as a symbol of mercy and resilience, where human frailty met forgiveness, and where stone, sky, and silence keep the memory of sanctuary alive.
October 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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My Spirit Burns Through This Body
by Akwaeke Emezi
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#readingchallenge #readersky
October 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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'Universal Loneliness'
A meditation on the spaces between presence and absence, between what endures and what fades.

Long Island Sound, Clinton, CT
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A black-and-white photograph of an open field beneath a softly clouded sky. Sparse, wind-shaped shrubs rise from pale grass that seems to shimmer in the light. The horizon stretches endlessly, evoking a sense of vast solitude and introspection. The absence of human presence amplifies the emotional stillness — a landscape that feels both eternal and achingly alone.
October 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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I'M OUT OF BED AND DRESSED - WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT? ~ Banksy

#BlueSkyMonday #eastcoastkin #DogsOfBlueSky #myweeklyphoneimage
October 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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'Our Coexistence with Geological Time'
The delicate evidence of our existence within a world that remembers more than it reveals.
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A black-and-white photograph of a vast, snow-covered valley outside Anchorage, Alaska. Jagged mountains rise in the distance, their slopes draped in soft layers of snow beneath a pale winter sky. The frozen lake in the foreground is etched with faint, meandering trails—subtle marks of human passage that trace across its still surface. The scene feels timeless and immense, evoking the slow persistence of geological memory. The landscape seems to hold its own quiet history, with the delicate footprints suggesting the brevity of human presence against the enduring weight of stone and ice. The contrast between permanence and impermanence lies at the heart of the image: a meditation on our coexistence with forces that long precede and outlast us.
October 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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'The Intangible Resonance Between People and Place'
Nature as an active participant in shared experience

Grand Teton National Park, WY with superimposed sound-wave transparencies
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A black-and-white photograph depicting a serene mountain lake beneath a pale sky. Snow-covered peaks rise sharply on the right, their edges softened by mist. The still surface of the water reflects their contours faintly. Near the center, three slender, spiraling forms emerge from the lake — ghostlike wisps that twist upward, resembling pulses of energetic sound-waves. Their fluid shapes seem to carry movement through an otherwise motionless scene. The composition feels meditative and otherworldly, inviting reflection on unseen exchanges between the human spirit and the natural world — a suggestion that landscapes are not passive backdrops, but living archives of emotion and experience.
October 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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'Endurance and Transformation in the Landscape'
Our collective healing.
Remnants of a Forest Fire, Montana

#landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography #FujiFilm #naturephotography #photography #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #conceptualart
2 monochrome photographs of a mountain range in Montana, its slopes streaked with snow and covered in the ghostly remains of burned trees. The hills appear scarred and textured, their bare trunks standing like thin lines drawn across weathered skin. The sky is filled with soft, layered clouds that seem to echo the contours below. The image feels both haunting and serene—a portrait of endurance and quiet transformation after loss. It speaks to the memory held in the land, and the intimate connection between human and natural resilience.
October 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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'Emotional Geography'
Exploring how the natural world becomes a mirror for our inner terrain.

Yellowstone National Park, WY
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A monochrome photograph taken in Yellowstone. A reflective pond stretches across the foreground, mirroring a grove of bare, skeletal trees that rise into a pale, moody sky. The edges fade softly into shadow, creating a dreamlike, meditative atmosphere. The image feels both fragile and eternal — as if the landscape itself is remembering something long past.
October 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Life Pulsing Through Stillness ...

Cacti Garden, CA
#landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography #documentaryphotography #naturephotography #FujiFilm #xt2 #photography #cacti #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
A black-and-white photograph of a desert garden filled with large, spherical cacti glowing softly under diffused sunlight. The light wraps each cactus in a halo, giving them a sense of quiet movement and life beneath their stillness. The background of desert shrubs and trees fades into a luminous haze, making the scene feel suspended between reality and dream. The photograph evokes endurance and serenity — a meditation on the vitality that exists even in the harshest, most silent landscapes.
October 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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"Human Impact on Landscape"
earths quiet testimony

Olympic Peninsula, WA

#landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography #documentaryphotography #naturephotography #FujiFilm #xt2 #photography #olympicpeninsula #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
This black-and-white photograph, taken around the Olympic Peninsula, captures a wide, rain-soaked landscape stretching into misty mountains on the horizon. In the foreground, scattered logs, branches, and a cut tree stump disrupt the otherwise wild terrain. Rain streaks fall diagonally across the frame, softening the distant hills while highlighting the raw texture of the land. The contrast between the luminous sky and the scarred earth speaks to the tension between natural beauty and human intervention. Presented under the title Human Impact on Landscape, the image asks viewers to reflect on the traces we leave behind and the resilience of the environment in their wake.
October 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM