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Maureen Noonan

@moenoonan.bsky.social

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Nature seeker, traveler, photographer, and artist / Living with purpose, exploring untamed landscapes, and discovering beauty in life’s quiet corners. Photos my original copyrighted work unless noted.

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Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 7h

'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.

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Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 3d

'Emotional Geography'
Exploring how the natural world becomes a mirror for our inner terrain.

Yellowstone National Park, WY
#landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography #documentaryphotography #naturephotography #FujiFilm #xt2 #photography #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #conceptualart

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.

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Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, Jason!

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Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 4d

Such an amazing place, I'm thankful to have visited several times, love the PNW!

Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 4d

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.

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Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 4d

It's a unique, beautiful, serene place, I hope when change comes you can achieve your dream 🫶

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Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 7d

"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.

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Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 7d

definitely working!

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Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 8d

"Tensions of Time"
a balance between memory and renewal

Butte, Montana
#landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography #documentaryphotography #FujiFilm #xt2 #photography #butte #montana #eastcoastkin #conceptualart #photographersofbluesky

A black and white photograph shows an industrial mining town in Butte, Montana, with towers and houses set against snow-capped mountains. The foreground is a field of wild grass stretching across rolling hills. A single vertical strip of vibrant green grass interrupts the grayscale scene near the right side, symbolizing the persistence of nature amid human and environmental change. Butte, known as a historic copper mining hub in the northern Rocky Mountains, carries a legacy of boom, labor conflict, and industrial decline. The contrast between monochrome and color invites reflection on endurance, renewal, and the quiet emergence of life in a landscape deeply marked by history and environmental transformation.

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Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you, Sebadee.

Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 9d

"Guardians of Time"
Endurance is the silent stone in relentless waters, patiently shaping and withstanding all that flows around it

Cannon Beach, Oregon

#landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography #naturephotography #FujiFilm #xt2 #photography #oregon #cannonbeach #eastcoastkin #classicmono

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Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 9d

thanks so much for sharing, Bertrom.

Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 9d

you can definitely see Lewis's influence in Hopper's work, thank you for sharing. Beautiful work!

Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 10d

Kathmandu Bazaar, KTM, Nepal
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#streetphotography #documentaryphotography #photography #blackandwhitephotography #KTM #Nepal #womenphotographers #FujiFilm #xt2

This black-and-white photograph shows a group of women vendors sitting on the ground in a Kathmandu street market. In the foreground, an older woman bends forward, her hand sorting through piles of small vegetables spread across a cloth—tomatoes, beans, and roots. Beside her, another woman sits upright with patterned clothing and a shawl, holding bunches of greens in her lap. She looks directly outward with a calm, piercing expression. Behind them, more women are seated with baskets of produce, while in the background, two men walk away down the street. The image captures the texture of the vegetables, the detail in patterned fabrics, and the strength of the women at work.

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Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you so much!

Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 14d

'Listening Through the Silence'
the boundaries between memory and renewal

White Sands National Park, NM
#conceptualart #desertphotography #cycles #landscapephotography #photography #womenphotographers #FujiFilm #xt2 #blackandwhitephotography #landscape #nature #desert

This is a black-and-white photograph of a wide desert landscape under a dramatic cloud-filled sky. Pale sand dunes fill the foreground, with a sparse cluster of low bushes to the left and a solitary tall yucca plant standing near the right. Above and around the yucca, faint translucent circular forms hover like ripples or echoes in the air, blending softly with the clouds. The scene conveys vastness, quiet, and subtle motion. The conceptual circles invite reflection on invisible presence within silence while inviting the viewer to reflect on silence, perception, and cycles.

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Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 15d

'Edge of Silence'
A meditation on edges: rock, water, sky, and the slow passage of time

Long Island Sound, CT

#TidesOutTuesday #classicmono #EastCoastKin #photography
#blackandwhitephotography #photographersofbluesky #landscapephotography #landscape #nature #lowtide

A photograph, presented in black and white, depicts large shoreline rocks along Long Island Sound during low tide. The rocks, rough and weathered, fill the foreground with strong shadows and ridges that emphasize their texture. Beyond them, the water appears smooth and still, reflecting the sky in soft tones. At the upper left, sunlight strikes the surface of the water, creating a bright glow that gradually fades into the darker expanse. The scene captures the contrast between the solidity of the rocks and the fleeting, reflective quality of the water.

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Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 15d

A path brushed in gold, like stepping into a painting.

#grateful #nature #naturephotography #photography #landscapephotography

A narrow dirt path winds through tall grasses antyd wild plants, lined with clusters of bright yellow wildflowers. The flowers lean into the path, catching the light, while the trail disappears into the distance under a partly cloudy sky. The scene feels soft and painterly, as though nature itself brushed it onto a canvas.

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Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 18d

'Where Silence Splits'
contemplating the tension between audio and visual worlds

Long Island Sound, CT overlayed with sound wave transparncies
#conceptualart #conceptualphotography #landscapephotography #photography #womenphotographers #blackandwhitephotography #landscape #nature #lowtide #fineart

A black-and-white photograph of a quiet shoreline. Smooth waves ripple across a calm body of water beneath a cloudy sky. The foreground is marked by wet sand, stones, and scattered pebbles. Superimposed over the image are faint, transparent vertical forms resembling sound waves, rising like thin strands of vibration from the water into the air. They appear almost like cracks in the horizon or ghostly rain, suggesting sounds that can be seen but not heard. The mood is reflective, evoking the invisible tension between the auditory and visual realms.

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Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you, Jim.

Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you!

Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 21d

'When Silence Breaks'
recalling sound in a landscape of silence

White Sands National Park, NM overlayed with sound wave transparencies
#conceptualart #conceptualphotography #landscapephotography #photography #womenphotographers #blackandwhitephotography #landscape #nature #desert #fineart

A black-and-white photograph taken at White Sands National Park. Rolling dunes stretch across the scene, broken by clusters of desert plants. In the background, storm clouds hang heavy, with sheets of rain falling in the distance. Overlaying the landscape are faint, transparent wave-like forms, resembling sound frequencies made visible. They rise delicately from the sand into the sky, blending with the storm as if they are echoes or vibrations of the desert itself. The mood is both haunting and serene, evoking silence filled with unspoken resonance.

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Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 23d

'Echoes in the Arctic Silence'
the invisible harmonies vibrating through Iceland's wild, frozen silence.

Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon w/ overlay of sound wave transparencies
#conceptualart #conceptualphotography #landscapephotography #photography #blackandwhitephotography #landscape #nature #fineart

A black-and-white photograph of a frozen Arctic landscape in Iceland. Large chunks of ice float on a still, reflective surface of water beneath a heavy, cloud-filled sky. Rising from the ice are tall, semi-transparent overlays of delicate sound wave forms, shaped like spiraling vertical ribbons. They appear ethereal, as if woven from mist or light, punctuating the stark silence of the frozen expanse with a suggestion of unseen sound. The scene feels both haunting and serene, blending natural and abstract elements.

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Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 25d

'Desert Echoes'
contemplating the boundaries between absence, memory, and unseen communication.

White Sands, NM with sound-wave transparencies
#conceptualart #conceptualphotography #landscapephotography #photography #womenphotographers #blackandwhitephotography #landscape #nature #desert #fineart

The image shows a vast, monochrome desert landscape under a dramatic sky filled with billowing clouds. Soft, rolling sand dunes stretch into the distance, some dotted with tufts of grass. Near the horizon, two abstract vertical shapes resembling sound waveforms rise sharply from the sand. The larger, closer waveform is prominent, while a second, fainter version echoes in the distance. Both forms evoke the sense of invisible frequencies being made visible in a silent, empty environment, contrasting the natural stillness with a symbolic representation of sound and resonance.

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Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 26d

'Echoes in the Sands' ~
the invisible energy that surrounds us all

White Sands National Park, NM

#conceptualart #conceptualphotography #landscapephotography #photography #womenphotographers #FujiFilm #xt2 #blackandwhitephotography #landscape #nature #desert #fineart

This photograph captures the vast and quiet beauty of White Sands National Park in black and white. In the foreground, a small cluster of shrubbery sits atop a gently sloping sand dune. Farther back, sparse vegetation dots the smooth desert floor, leading to a range of dark mountains on the horizon. Above, a cloudy sky lets through rays of soft light. Superimposed on this serene landscape are tall, translucent shapes inspired by the forms of sound waves, rising vertically like ethereal sculptures. These transparent figures suggest the presence of sound and energy in an otherwise silent and still environment, blending the natural world with an abstract expression of the unseen.

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