How did Relander create the painting Two Lifestyles?

Relander tried to take a meaningful photo similar to the pre-Raphael painting style, and Two Lifestyles is one of the representative works. This portrait, a medieval oil painting, was spliced by Rayland with more than 30 negatives. In this photo, Relander conceived a moral scene: an ancient philosopher led two young people on the road to life. One of the young people is religious, hardworking and kind, and has respectable virtues. As soon as another young man left the sage, he rushed to the world of enjoyment and became addicted to gambling, alcoholism, lewdness and other bad habits, so that he lost his mind, endangered himself and died. There are dozens of characters in the picture, and each character has an ideological significance around the central theme. On the left side of the screen are gamblers, prostitutes, lazy people, drunkards and other figures symbolizing evil; On the right are carpenters, textile workers, scholars and other positive figures; In the center of the picture is a naked woman who is repenting, indicating that there is hope as long as she repents. To shoot such a big scene on film, you need a big studio and many models. Relander avoided these difficulties and adopted the method of group shooting. He first took pictures of the characters in groups, and then took pictures of the scenery and props. Finally, more than 30 negatives were printed in blocks on a piece of photo paper. The production process is very complicated. It took Relander six weeks to get a 40×48 cm photo. 1857, "Two Lifestyles" was exhibited in the "Art Treasures Exhibition" held in Manchester (19 century, one of the most important exhibitions in Britain).