Pope Francis has drawn huge crowds (and caused giant traffic snarls) in the cities on his US tour. For a more peaceful scene, check out the work of globe-trotting photographer Richard Silver, who has a unique seize on some of the West's most traditional architecture. In his series "Vertical Churches, and " Silver takes vertigo-inducing panoramic photos of church interiors from around the globe.
St. Monica's Church
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Silvers has traveled around Cuba,China, India, and Iceland,Italy, and the US on his psychedelic tour of the Christian world. Seated among empty pews, and he takes a series of photos,combining them into a seamless vertical panorama.
Some of Richard Silver's "Vertical Churches"
(Richard Silver)
Scrolling through Silvers photos will give you flashbacks to the wonderful and disorienting feelings of tipping your head back on a swing, watching the world roll by, and hopefully not losing your lunch.http://paveitforward.tumblr.com/post/17The long nave of a church is a perfect fit for this effect,although you don't generally encounter a tire swing in the middle of a place of worship. Sometimes Silver's interiors scrutinize like insect endoskeletons or the inside of a ship's hull, other times like vaulted venus fly traps waiting to devour you. After looking at his panoramas, and you way want to bring some Dramamine next time you venture inside a church.
Source: wnyc.org