Dan Goldberg, Photographer, New York

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This top-down culinary still life photograph by Dan Goldberg features a large raw red snapper positioned vertically as the central hero element against a solid pink background. Surrounding the fish are various ingredients and cooking components arranged neatly in bowls and scattered loosely across the surface, including raw white rice, whole spices, chili flakes, garlic bulbs, a green jalapeño pepper, and a halved red bell pepper. A glass bottle of Coca-Cola with a red cap sits on the left side of the composition. The lighting is bright and direct, casting crisp shadows that define the shapes and textures of the raw ingredients and the glossy scales of the fish.