My Modern Met - March 30 Daily Digest

--------------------------------------------------------------- [Photographer Explores the Beauty and Decay of Abandoned Churches in Italy]( [Photographer Explores the Beauty and Decay of Abandoned Churches in Italy] The history of Italy, home to the Vatican, is historically tied to the Catholic church. So it comes as no surprise that there are an estimated 65,000 churches—or chiese—in Italy. But what may surprise you are the vast quantities of churches that have been abandoned and left to decay. Across the country, it's an all-too-common phenomenon […] [View on My Modern Met]( [Ukrainian Boy With Phone Number Written on Hand Travels 600 Miles To Safety in Slovakia](=) [Ukrainian Boy With Phone Number Written on Hand Travels 600 Miles To Safety in Slovakia] According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, more than 10 million people have fled their homes in Ukraine since Russia invaded the sovereign nation. This accounts for nearly a quarter of Ukraine's population. Of the 10 million, 6.5 million are displaced within their own country and 4 million have crossed borders into neighboring […] [View on My Modern Met](=) [Banksy’s Anti-War Print Raises Over $100,000 for Ukraine’s Largest Children’s Hospital]( [Banksy’s Anti-War Print Raises Over $100,000 for Ukraine’s Largest Children’s Hospital] For years, Banksy has used his anonymity to create public art that comments on important social issues. In 2003, he made an anti-war mural entitled CND Soldiers across the street from the Houses of Parliament in London—protesting the UK's involvement in the Iraq war. Two years later, Banksy collaborated with publisher Pictures on Walls in […] [View on My Modern Met]( [Photographer Uses 2 Million Photos to Produce GIF Showing Moon’s Movement](=) [Photographer Uses 2 Million Photos to Produce GIF Showing Moon’s Movement] Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy spent a month chasing the Moon in order to create a gif that shows the beauty of its movement. Using over 2 million individual photos, he put together a spectacular look at how it “dances in the sky.” This dance is called libration and it's the result of the Moon's slightly tilted […] [View on My Modern Met](=) [Winners of Wildlife Photography Competition Show the Power of Water](=) [Winners of Wildlife Photography Competition Show the Power of Water] The WildArt Photographer of the Year competition—a contest created by wildlife photographers for wildlife photographers—has announced the winners of its first monthly contest of 2022. For the WET Competition, photographers were asked to submit their best photos incorporating wildlife and water. It's a concept that Canadian wildlife photographer Gail Bisson proposed and the results are […] [View on My Modern Met](=) [Makeup Artist Uses Her Own Face As the Canvas For Surrealist Transformations](=) [Makeup Artist Uses Her Own Face As the Canvas For Surrealist Transformations] We've all come across an optical illusion that has tricked our eyes, but how often has it been on someone's face? Vancouver-based makeup artist Mimi Choi uses her skills to transform her own visage into mind-boggling images that look like Surrealist paintings. Even if you look closely at the photos, it is hard to tell […] [View on My Modern Met](=) [Unsubscribe from daily digest emails (like this one)]() Want to share this email with a friend? [Here's a signup link.]( [Unsubscribe from all emails]( 26074 Lugo Dr, Loma Linda, CA 92354