Theme Days

The City Daily Photo December theme is furry things. Puppies and kitties, or lions and tigers and bears, oh my! The illustration is at the St. Louis Zoo.

The City Daily Photo October theme is breakfast. In some places it could be an espresso and pan au chocolate or an egg and sausage burrito with hot sauce or. On our first morning in Japan, you could get cold noodles with fish. The illustration is a silly costume at a local fundraiser.

The City Daily Photo October theme is glass. Clear, mirrored or colored, simple or the wildest ideas of Dale Chihuly. It is part of our everyday lives and yet has become fine art. The illustration is a bowl seen at a fancy flea market.

The City Daily Photo August theme is vanishing points. Those of us in the West know how the flatness of painting was transformed by the discovery of optical perspective in the Renaissance. Now photography makes the concept easy. The illustration is a street with senior housing in Marysville, Kansas, where my late mother-in-law lived.

The City Daily Photo August theme is sweets. Cold, room temperature or hot, solid or liquid (but probably not gas). The common element is sugar, or a substitute. Today City Daily Photo members indulge their sweet tooth. The illustration is an ice cream vendor at a temple in Kathmandu.

The City Daily Photo July theme is bubbles. A glass of beer – or champaign? A bubble bath, soapy dishes or gossamer spheres blown by a child? Today City Daily Photo members make inflated images.

The City Daily Photo June theme is shadows. What hides there or what details might it reveal? Does it reveal form and contour? Today CDP members visit the dark side. The example is Richard Serra’s enormous steel sculpture Joe (for Joseph Pulitzer, the artist’s friend and patron) at the Pulitzer Foundation For The Arts in St. Louis.

The City Daily Photo May theme is very small. It may be a matter of context, like the moon in the night sky Maybe it is something that measures a new centimeters – or millimeters. This example is the heart of a zinnia. Today CDP members get out their macro lenses and explore the tiny.

The City Daily Photo April theme is stripes. They require geometry and color but don’t have to be straight. They are found in nature and human works. The butterfly in the illustration was found in the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. Other CDP members will show their true stripes.

The City Daily Photo March theme is fire. It can be creative or destructive. It helps feed us and warm our homes. It can destroy our cities. The illustration is of fire dancers who perform at beachfront restaurants in Tamarindo, Costa Rica. Find out what other CDP members have on the front burner.