How to make a site like this? (Brand new. plz help.)

Link: https://foodgawker.com/

I am really new to wordpress trying to make my personal site like this. But have no clue, tried many gallery themes, not single one like this website. Is there any theme that can make like this?

and, I also just would like to display images by different categories which only assign to the image, not the post. For example, users can choose from a drop down box and select “Dogs”, so all my dog pictures will be shown but not other pets. Is there any plugin can achieve that all I need to hard code the database.

Thank you guys so much.