YAQUINA ART GALLERY SPOTLIGHT SHOW
FEATURES PHOTOGRAPHERS KIM CUC TRAN AND TED CREGO
July 5th – 18th, 2025
Both artists have extensive experience capturing the moment that lingers in the mind with their cameras. They are also married to each other with both having past careers in engineering. Together they have widely traveled in Asia, Europe, North/Central/South America, New Zealand, Jordan, Egypt, and Tanzania for photography. The national parks of the United States and the central Oregon coast are always their favorite.
Their styles and choice of photos are so much different. While they photographed the same locations, it is rare they composed the same image.
Kim’s mantra is, “Simplify, simplify, simplify.” This mantra has served her well in the process of capturing and creating inspiring images. She enjoys shooting close-ups, birds, flowers, architecture, and landscape to create fine art photos to share with the viewers.
Ted enjoys finding images that others may overlook, such as patterns and macro shots. His recent work included panoramas and High Dynamic Range (HDR) photos. He believes there is always something new to learn in photography. This is essentially true with the myriad of software programs available for post processing.
Both Crego and Tran’s work have received numerous awards in regional and national competitions. You can find some of their awarded images posted on Columbia Council of Camera Clubs website (columbiacouncil.clubexpress.com) and Nature Photographers of The Pacific Northwest website (nppnw.org)
Both artists live in Newport and are current officers of the Yaquina Art Association Photographers (yaaphotographers.org) whose mission is to encourage members to share, teach, learn and grow as photographers. They are both former president of the Yaquina Art Association Photographers.
They also both contribute their time volunteering. Ted recently received the prestigious Alma B. Howes award for his volunteer contribution in Newport community.
The Yaquina Art Association Gallery a 501c3 is located in Nye Beach at 789 NW Beach Drive. Hours of operation are 11 am to 4 pm every day. Interested in becoming a member of the Yaquina Art Association? We offer free classes, too. Please visit our gallery in Nye Beach for more. YAA has been serving over 135 local artists for over 77 years.
