Please discuss, how do you think this photo was taken? I realyl

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Please discuss, how do you think this photo was taken? I realyl wanna try out something similar.

I know its a photo called "status quo" by a finnish photographer..

Im completely in love with it and would like to try out something similar to learn techniques to bring out something so sculptural like this, against a pitch black background.


Also, if anyone have more of these still life sculptural-like, dark slightly melancholic symbolic references /links, books, photographers.. thats greatly appreciated as inspiration. thanks

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