Shane Night Gallery Analysis

10.8.15 Unable to attend the exhibitions at The Museum of Northern Arizona or Coconino Center for the Arts, I went downtown to the Shane Night Gallery. The gallery is set up with images lining the walls, some images are near the bottom, and resting backwards- their frames resting against the walls others rest on a shelf in the same manner. There is very little in the gallery besides art. The whole gallery has an antique and rustic feel. The flawed wood in the floor and the rough texture of the wooden paneling that runs along the walls, the brick wall that separates the gallery into two separate rooms and the antique camera all contribute to the atmosphere. With a simplistic set up and nothing to impede the flow of pedestrians through the exhibition, the gallery is extremely inviting to patrons. With this being a gallery, a theme is not as blatant; however, many of the images revolve around landscapes, horses, and things in the west. This gallery makes me question if Shane Night is from the west, and if not, why he choose this to be the main theme amongst his gallery. …show more content…
This image was generated through dark room photography. While I do not know the exact size of the print, it was large; I would estimate the print to be about twenty by thirty inches, the print was horizontal. The subject was a horse, specifically the horse’s face. The image placed the eye on the right side, rule of thirds line. The image also utilized a very shallow depth of field; the eye was the only part that was in extremely sharp focus. The image makes use of great contrast, the horse’s eye is very dark, almost black with white lashes and the fur of the horse is light with freckles of color. “Insightful Soul” was capture in Jackson Hole,