31-year-old Alejandro Maestre Gasteazi has created an incredibly interesting photographic series about the struggle of an artist. First, though, you may be asking yourself these questions: Exactly, what are we looking at? How did the photographer achieve this strange, sculpture-like illusion?

Gasteazi asked his friend Julián to cover himself with a mixture of blue paint and mud. He then photographed Julián at various stages. Later, in Photoshop, Gasteazi cut around his subject's body to make him appear like a floating sculpture.

Professional bodybuilders (L-R) Victor Martinez of the Dominican Republic, Mamdouh Elssbiay of Egypt, and Cedric McMillan and Juan Morel of U.S, pose during the Arnold Classic Brazil 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, May 30, 2015. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

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