Welcome to PPAC #5. Cee Neuner and I are co-hosting the new Photographing Public Art Challenge (PPAC). As you all can imagine, it is such an honor for me to co-host with Cee on this challenge.

A new challenge is posted each Friday at 9:00 PST. We both will visit all of your entries and we will both post an entry ourselves on a different day. To avoid confusion, please put your links only on the host’s post for that week. Please check out my PPAC Page to learn more.

What Is Public Art?

Public art is encompasses any form of art you see in a public place, large or small, statues, murals, graffiti, gardens, parks, etc. The art should be visible from streets, sidewalks or outdoor public places.

• Seasonal Displays
• Graffiti or Murals, Wall Art
• Statues and Sculptures
• Store Windows
• Car Shows
• Artistic Construction (Bridge, benches and buildings)
• and more

PPAC Featured Bloggers

Cee Neuner had so many wonderful entries for PPAC #4. These posts stood out to me for different reasons. I recommend them for a second or third visit and definitely a comment.

• DEBBIE
• JEZ
• JUST BLUE DUTCH
• LIZ
• PHOTOGRAPHIAS
• TERESA

My Choices This Week

This is my favorite statue picture of all times. This picture and several others also aligns with Becky B. #TreeSquare Challenge where the only requirement is that the picture has something to do with the topic and is square.

To give you a better idea of the size of Albert, Vince struggled to climb up and to get situated. While he did, other tourists came along to capture the two together.

Not to be outdone, I wanted a little of Einstein’s brilliance to rub off on me, too.

Of course, there are many many more examples of public are in our nation’s capitol but I’ll only post a few.

Louis Daguerre, a French artist and photographer, invented the daguerreotype process for taking photographs. I was interested in this statue because I own a picture of my great-grandmother taken with this process. Daguerre also invented the diorama theatre.

Coming Up and Looking Back

I’m so excited to announce that Cathy Cade will be hosting her friend and colleague, author Wendy Fletcher for August Story Chat. Wendy Fletcher is the leader of Cathy’s u3a writing group. For more information about Story Chat and how you can contribute, see my Story Chat page. Don’t forget that Gary A. Wilson’s story, “Sometimes a Miracle” is still open for comments.