Convergence
"Napier's book was born of the convergence of two strong talents, one for poetry and one for taking photographs. The pictures in this book have the power and subtlety of the happiest art, and some, like the coastal scene on page 67, are simply breathtaking. The accompanying poems are not, as one might fear, elaborated titles for what the camera has shown; rather they relate these sightings, with a fresh eloquence, to the larger dimensions of the author's life and memory. It makes for a fine duet."   Richard Wilbur, Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate. --personal testimony on book jacket"Augustus Napier is a poet and photographer with a richly poetic vision focused, as he says, on the places, people, and the waning world he loves. He brings to those subjects, especially in his color nature studies, a minimalism and sensitivity as delicate as a Japanese painter's, while other images are as American-maximal as a photograph by Carleton Watkins or Ansel Adams. And others, equally brilliant but unique in their vision, are like one one else's." John Wood, Editor 21st Editions Publishers of Fine Art Photography Books. --personal testimony on book jacket"To juxtapose to mediums into one is not an easy task. Photographs and writing have a long and distinguished history together. But, to resist the words and becoming captions and the photographs becoming illustrations is an art in itself. Gus Napier has succeeded in blending both word and image where they stand alone and speak together eloquently."  Janet Russek, Photographer and Gallerist  David Scheinbaum, Photographer, Chair, Photography Department, Marion Center for Photographic Arts, College of Santa Fe --personal testimony on book jacket