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About Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer
Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer (@maxinenoel) is a Photographer creator on Instagram, also filed under Photography & Video. The account has 20,019 followers and 723 published posts. Recent posts average 1,551 likes and 98 comments, an engagement rate of 8.04%.
With 20K followers, Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer follows 5,486 accounts, so the audience is roughly 3.6 times the size of the list followed. Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer carries Instagram's verified badge and uses an Instagram professional account. Flinque files Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer under Photographer, with Photography & Video as a secondary category.
The Instagram bio for Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer runs to 20 words across 4 lines. The bio mentions @linguaelite_uk. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer dates from February 2026.
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723 Posts
Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer, 7 are carousels, 2 are single images and 1 is a video. That mix leans toward carousels. Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer has built a substantial archive of 723 posts. Against the audience, that is roughly 28 followers for each post published. Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer also keeps 47 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 94 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include international, work, exhibition, sahara and image. The captions tag #filmphotography, #pentaxk1000, #bundlsa, #forwomenbywomen and #womeninbusiness.
Meet Maxine Noel, founder of LinguaElite, an international online English school helping students around the world build confidence, communication skills, and opportunities through language.
What started as a volunteer teaching experience grew into a global business serving students across 10 countries. Through personalised one-to-one learning, cultural fluency, and specialised exam preparation, Maxine is redefining what quality language education looks like.
Her journey is a reminder that successful businesses are built by solving real problems, staying committed to excellence, and creating the kind of service you’d proudly recommend to others.
Read her inspiring story in our latest feature➡️➡️➡️SWIPE
💫 Building bridges through language.
💫 Creating opportunities through education.
💫 Empowering students worldwide.
#BundlSA #ForWomenByWomen #WomenInBusiness #FemaleFounder #Entrepreneurship LinguaElite WomenWhoLead BusinessFeature EducationEntrepreneur OnlineLearning WomenSupportingWomen FounderStory SouthAfricanBusiness BusinessCommunity
I’ll be presenting Solitude Against the Horizon, photographed in the Algerian Sahara in 2024.
The work sits within my ongoing exploration of scale, landscape, and the relationship between the individual and their environment.
Grateful to be included alongside artists from around the world.
If you’re in London, the exhibition will be held at 56 Dawes Rd, Fulham (SW6).
#exhibition #arrivalgallery #london #maxinenoelphotography #sahara
Among them was the migration of indentured labourers from India to South Africa 🪷
In the next 𝓜𝓮𝓱𝓯𝓲𝓵 𝓝𝓮𝔀𝓼𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻 we’re featuring a beautiful photo essay by that captures an important commemoration 🧡
✨ To read in full make sure to subscribe to our newsletter on Substack via link in bio. You’ll find it in the May newsletter launching this week!
💌 It will feature more contributions, some curated recommendations and so much more!
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✍🏾 Maxine Noel
Maxine is a travel and documentary photographer. Make sure to check out her beautiful work ✨
[colonization, history, identity, migration]
🏆 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Congratulations to Maxine Noel from South Africa for her 35 mm desert shot, WHERE THE SILENCE LEADS 📸
«Shot on Vision3 250D 35mm film with a Pentax K1000 in the Sahara near Djanet, Algeria, this image captures a young Algerian guide making his way across an ancient sea of sand. The dunes rise and fall like memory, vast and echoing, while his solitary figure becomes a symbol of quiet resilience. The desert, both timeless and untamed, invites us to consider the rhythms of tradition, journey, and introspection. His path is uncertain, but purposeful—etched into a landscape that remembers long after footsteps fade.»
#filmphotography #pentaxk1000 #kodakvision250d #travelphotography #analogsparks
The image was recently included in the Lenscratch Black and White Portraits Exhibition (2026), an international online exhibition celebrating portrait photography.
The photograph was taken by Marist Mercy Care Director Maxine Noel, who is also a documentary photographer. We are proud to see a moment from our summer camp recognised on an international platform. Congratulations, Maxine!
View the exhibition here:
🎞️ Foma400
📸 Pentax K1000
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This weekend, I had the privilege of exhibiting my work at the 4th Annual B&W Athens Photography Exhibition (14-16 February 2026), hosted by Blank Wall Gallery
This was my first international exhibition, and I am so grateful to have been there to see my photo on the wall.
Thankful for the platform and proud to represent South Africa in Athens.
#photographyexhibition #bnwathens #bnwphotography #blankwallgallery #athensgreece
#TravelMoments #YearInReview
This weekend, I’ll be heading back to Addo in the Eastern Cape for the annual Marist Mercy Care Summer Camp. This is one of my favourite times of the year and I’m so excited to reunite with the incredible volunteers and children, and to once again document the joy, laughter, and learning that makes this week so special.
Follow along on and my own page for (signal permitting 😉) daily updates from camp. From crafts and games to the unforgettable smiles that make it all worth it. 💛
#MaristMercyCare #SummerCamp #TogetherWeCan #DocumentaryPhotography
✨ Exciting news!
Two of my analogue works from the Algerian Sahara have made the “Official Selection” in the 2025 International Photography Awards in the Professional Analog/Film category.
📷 Shadow of Solitude – a single image captured on Vision3 250D, selected in the Analog/Film - Fine Art category. This image explores stillness, isolation, and the weight of silence in the vastness of the desert.
📷 Les Hommes Bleus: Guardians of the Sahara – a black-and-white photo series that pays tribute to the Tuareg men who guided us through the Sahara, holding space for tradition, resilience, and quiet strength in the desert. This was selected in the Analog/Film - Photojournalism category.
Both were photographed near Djanet, Algeria in April 2024 using a Pentax K1000.
Thank you to everyone who’s supported my work and believed in the stories I’ve tried to tell through my lens.
Check out the link in my bio to view the submissions on the website.
#iphotoawards #filmphotography #35mmfilmphoto #pentaxk1000 #kodakvision3
Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer's engagement
Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer's engagement rate on Instagram is 8.04%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 12 followers. An average post collects 1,551 likes and 98 comments, close to 16 likes for each comment.
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Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer (@maxinenoel) is a Photographer creator on Instagram, also filed under Photography & Video. Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer carries Instagram's verified badge and uses an Instagram professional account. The Instagram bio for Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer runs to 20 words across 4 lines.
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Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer has 20,019 followers on Instagram (20K). Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer follows 5,486 accounts, so the audience is roughly 3.6 times the size of the list followed. Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer has built a substantial archive of 723 posts.
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Maxine Noel | Documentary & Travel Photographer's engagement rate on Instagram is 8.04%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 12 followers. An average post collects 1,551 likes and 98 comments, close to 16 likes for each comment.
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