Photographer Richard Silver, 52, spent more than two years capturing unique visions of well-known houses of worship, including the Santa Maria della Pieta in Venice.
The church is known by classical music lovers for being associated with Vivaldi and his young female musicians who were orphans.
image class="left" url= image class="left" url= These amazing photographs show the stunning beauty of the inside of the Vatican (left) and churches in Italy, Paintings to worship the dead ancestors such as the Basilica of St Mary of the Angels in Rome (right)
image class="left" url= image class="left" url= The Santa Maria Maggior in Rome (left) and the Church of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola (right), also in Rome
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Some of the other churches Silver, from New York, visited were the magnificent Sant'Ignazio, dedicated to Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, and the ornate Church Del Gesu in Rome.
He has taken photos of churches in Beijing, Istanbul, Easter Island, Milan, Rome, London, Warsaw, Singapore, Shanghai, Goa, Dubai, Trieste and Venice.
Silver, who spent two years on the project, said: 'Each photo takes me about an hour and a half to photograph.
'About 45 minutes before sunset, during sunset and about 30 minutes after the sun.
I am a very symmetrical person this format worked perfectly.
'What I need is a clear night, no flat grey sky. I need blue skies so I can capture the change of light, Places to sell lacquer paintings in tphcm a cloudy night just doesn't cut it for this situation.
'I shoot with a Nikon D800 mostly I shoot with a 24-70 2.8mm Nikon lens too. Always on a tripod and I use a remote control to take the photos.
image class="left" url= image class="left" url= The Parrocchia Sant'Maria In Portico Campitelli (left) and the Church Del Gesu (right), both in Rome
image class="left" url= image class="left" url= The Parrocchia Sacro Cuore Di Geso in Trieste (left) and the Church Dei San Santi Geremia E Lucia in Venice (right)
image class="left" url="https://burst.shopifycdn.com/photos/person-smiles-while-painting-with-a-paint-pallet.jpg?width=746&format=pjpg&exif=0&iptc=0"'A remote gives me freedom Places to sell lacquer paintings in tphcm walk away a little from standing in one spot for so long and there is no vibration to the photo.'
Around 25,000 people visit the Vatican in a single day, around five million a year.
