STATEMENT
'The experience of memory, having come directly from the earth and sky, has been fundamentally connected to nature in our thinking for thousands of years. Nature often triggers the memory and sets us down a path to childhood. Remembrances like that can "strike" but, more often, they make their presence vaguely known at first. A sound or a scent you can't place, a familiar taste touching the palate. Mnemosyne's footsteps tapping gently on the stoop, just outside the door. This definition of remembrance offers an understanding of of Sperry's photography. His pieces strive to trigger that feeling, the sleepy half-awareness of a recognition, through nature. Considering the ancient familial ties betwene nature and memory, what better subject could there be?’
- James Farrell, "Mnemonic Devices" from "Remembrance: Selected Works of Kene Sperry"