Rating: Summary: Big Dig at Night is Very Diggable Review: Setteducati's work truly captures the rawness of Boston's most painful project. He has brought us to the true grit and beauty of the entire mess from the steelworker's steadfast labors to engineering's endless creativity. The images are clearly the highlight of this book. McNichol's engineering expertise and experience bring it all together with concise and colorful storytelling of the project. Although we Bostonians ache to put the Big Dig to bed once and for all, McNichol and Setteducati show us that even at night, The Big Dig never sleeps!
Rating: Summary: Beauty in the belly of the beast! Review: Stephen Sette-Ducati's work of art opened my eyes and spirit to an otherwise hazard to working and driving in Boston. His images have captured an artistic angle that is mesmerizing. Bravo to the artist who made me see beauty in the belly of the Boston beast!
Rating: Summary: Mesmerizing photography Review: Stephen's pictures are simply stunning. As a Bostonian, I've always seen the Big Dig as a necessary hassle when you try to get around town. The pictures in the book show a beauty that I never expected to see in a construction site. I have to admit that I find myself starring at the pictures in a Richard Scarry kind of way, and look at the driving hassle with a new curiosity and sense of discovery.
Rating: Summary: Stunning, amazing photos of Boston's Big Dig! Review: The spectacular cover of this book really caught my eye, and the pages inside continued a feeling of wonder as I saw the Big Dig as I'd never seen it. Only a very talented, slightly obsessed photographer could have gotten the shots that Sette Ducate did. They are unbelievable. If you've been caught in endless traffic delays and swear at the Big Dig daily, this book might give you a few positive feelings about it. The incredible pictures of the new bridge make me realize that there really is an end in sight, and that Boston is going to be a great place once it's all done. I also have to say that the price of this book is reasonable, considering all the color photos. The first book by this author explained what was going on. This one shows the drama and even beauty of the project, and also helps understand its scope. I don't recommend much, but I really recommend this - for kids too (especially boys, I guess.)
Rating: Summary: Fine for construction portfolio...but.. Review: There is nothing to recommend this book or the individual photographs that I have been able to fathom. Photographing a construction site at night makes neither for art or even a unique perspective of a monumental project.These photos lack any unique insight and could have been done by anyone with access to the site.... Amaturish and a waste.
Rating: Summary: The Best Photo Book Around Review: This is a fabulous book of photos, the best photography of urban settings that I've ever seen. Sette-Ducati makes the subterranean world of the Big Dig look strange and amazing. A remarkable achievement.
Rating: Summary: A Unique and Historic Publication Review: To any curious person ar to anyone involved in any way in the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project, this publication will serve as a permanently valuable record of work in progress, of construction drama, of special effects, all chronicalled thru vivid and exceptional natural light photography by Mr. SetteDucati. He and Mr. McNichol have produced more than a pictorial unique to Boston's Big Dig. They have captured moments in time forever lost otherwise in the progress of the work. Whether you appreciate astoundingly visual photography, the intensity of building massive underground structures, or historic events captured with accuracy, "The Big Dig at Night" is a must have publication. It can not be and will not be done like this again.
Rating: Summary: All in Skivvies! Review: What is truly remarkable about this book is that the photographer completed his work wearing nothing but boxer shorts!
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