Takes of Village is ethnographic photo-memoir that premiered as an in-person exhibit at the General Tommy Franks Leadership Institute & Museum in Hobart, Oklahoma on January 20, 2023. The project consists of original photographs and archival images which explore connections to my family, friends and home region of southwest Oklahoma. The work was created to acknowledge those that raised me, while also acknowledging the separation of time. As years pass, what was all that I knew is becoming nothing more than a memory.

Since its initial showing, Takes of Village has been exhibited at The Art Hall in Oklahoma City, and Melton Gallery in Edmond, Oklahoma.

- Erick Perry