Kaida T. Tremors from the Faultline

Visual Studies Workshop Press, 1989. — 64 p.I inherited the storytelling gene from my Russian father. Photography is a learned skill, acquired through hard work and good teachers. I have always liked pictures that suggest something more then what is pictured. I like stories that undermine one’s assumptions. Tremors From The Faultline, the book, grew out of a series of black and white staged photographs, which suggested a story behind the image.I started photographing like a movie director. Making up images rather then finding them. The constructed images were more or less open ended and open to a variety of readings but unlike most visual artists, I was not content to leave the final interpretation up to the viewer. I wanted to direct his/her train of thought. I was interested in how words affected images, enhanced or even contradicted the image. It was important that the final meaning should take place in the viewer’s mind, as he reached the intersection of visual and textual concepts. Gradually, I started writing short enigmatic tales to accompany the photographs.