There are many times when I walk through a museum and want to know the “behind the scenes/exhibit” story that helps me connect more deeply with the individual art work, the artist and curators.

This monthly Museum Insider blog aims to bridge this span, to help understand the connections to what we are viewing, to enrich the art, our experience with it, and our lives. – Donna Rocco

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The Met is currently showing a large collection of Native American artwork in gallery 999 entitled, The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky, which closes May 10th.

The exhibit is incredible, and so are the enormous wall panel images, which I learned were taken by a young women named Shania Hall, a high school student and member of the Blackfeet Nation reservation. Ms. Hall was asked by a Met curator to work with her teacher, to record the landscapes near Heart Butte, Montana, where the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains meet.

The images were shot with a Fuji wide format camera. The vast 999 gallery space allows you to view the collection of Plains Indians art and appreciate Ms. Hall’s images, which complement the space, and create the feelings of being out on the vast windy plains.

Donna Rocco has loved photography from the moment she held the first camera in her hand and felt the connection between herself and the visual world. She has worked as a photographer for over two decades in areas including: advertising, editorial, live action, sports, promotion and portrait. She can be contacted at darphoto@gmail.com to discuss photography projects and availability.

The views expressed are my personal views an do not necessarily reflect the views of any other person or entity.

Museum Insider photo ©Catherine Kirkpatrick