Photographers take the Spotlight
July 25-Aug. 7 there will be a spotlight presentation of photography by Sylvia Hosie and Kim Cuc Tran at the Yaquina Art Association Gallery in Nye Beach. The gallery is open from 11 am to 5 pm daily at 789 NW Beach Drive in Newport.
The ‘Old West’ comes alive in Sylvia A. Hosie’s photography. Working cowboys, historic barns, colorful Pow Wows, and galloping horses are favorite subjects. Two of the photos in this show are printed on wood. In the lighter areas of the images the wood grain shows through adding depth to the final photograph.
In “Pete French’s Round Barn” Hosie used the HDR (High Dynamic Range) technique by combining five exposures to capture the great range of light in the structure’s interior. “As a kid I read about French’s round barns which were built in the 1880’s. Only one remains near Diamond, Oregon and last fall I finally saw it. It blew me away! The architectural design, details and use of native materials are amazing. It is really a double walled covered corral with an exercise track rather than a barn. French kept his cowboys busy during the winter months breaking and exercising horses in these covered structures.”
Hosie has been a member of the Yaquina Art Association Photographers since 1984. Her images have been used in books, magazines, and calendars.
Kim Cuc Tran was born and raised in Vietnam, escaped the communist by boat to Malaysia in 1980, and immigrated to the US in 1981. She moved to West Linn, Oregon in 2001, and then to Newport in 2009. She started taking photography classes with the Vietnamese Artistic Photographic Association in Orange County, CA in 1993. She continued taking more classes offered by Tri-Community Photo Center and attended seminars and workshops held by Tri-Community Photography Association in Covina, CA (1994-2001).
She enjoys traveling for photography with her husband, and also enjoys photographing the Central Oregon coast. Her mantra for photography is “Simplify, simplify, simplify”.
Kim shoots with a Canon 7D digital SLR camera and has received awards in photography competitions at Vietnamese Artistic Photographic Association, Tri-Community Photo Center, Photographic Society of America, Oregon State Fair Salon of Photography, and Columbia Council of Camera Clubs. She is the Electronic Image Division chair for the Yaquina Art Association Photographers. Her other interests include gardening and cooking.
Both Photographers are members of the Yaquina Art Association Photographers that meet on the first and third Mondays at 7 pm in the upstairs classroom of the Visual Art Center August through June. YAAP is open to anyone interested in learning more about photography.
“The Round Barn” by Sylvia Hosie
“Reflection” by Kim Cuc Tran
