.about-page { background: var(--cream); }

.about-hero {
  text-align: center;
}
.about-hero__heading { color: var(--clay-strong); }
.about-hero__body {
  margin: 32px auto 0;
  max-width: 60ch;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
}

.about-collage {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 1400px;
  /* pulled up close under the paragraph so both photographs read near the top
     of the section; 32px still keeps clear air below the text block */
  margin: 32px auto 0;
  height: 560px;
}

.about-collage__photo {
  position: absolute;
  margin: 0;
  border: 1px solid var(--rule);
  overflow: hidden;
  background: var(--white);
}
.about-collage__photo img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  display: block;
}
.about-collage__photo--1 {
  left: 0;
  top: 0;
  width: min(30vw, 300px);
  aspect-ratio: 220 / 300;
  z-index: 2;
}
.about-collage__photo--2 {
  left: min(26vw, 320px);
  /* raised from 260px: still sits lower than image_2 and overlaps its lower
     third, keeping the asymmetry, but now lands inside the first screen */
  top: 150px;
  width: min(22vw, 260px);
  aspect-ratio: 1 / 1;
  z-index: 3;
}

.about-collage__ingredients {
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  top: 0;
  width: 42%;
  height: 100%;
}
.about-collage__ingredients img {
  position: absolute;
  width: auto;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 8px 16px rgba(43, 33, 28, 0.12));
}
.about-collage__ingredients img:nth-child(1) { top: 4%;  left: 8%;  height: 72px; transform: rotate(-6deg); }
.about-collage__ingredients img:nth-child(2) { top: 20%; left: 52%; height: 96px; transform: rotate(5deg); }
.about-collage__ingredients img:nth-child(3) { top: 42%; left: 4%;  height: 60px; transform: rotate(7deg); }
.about-collage__ingredients img:nth-child(4) { top: 52%; left: 46%; height: 88px; transform: rotate(-4deg); }
.about-collage__ingredients img:nth-child(5) { top: 74%; left: 18%; height: 56px; transform: rotate(3deg); }
.about-collage__ingredients img:nth-child(6) { top: 78%; left: 58%; height: 80px; transform: rotate(-7deg); }

@media (max-width: 1024px) {
  .about-collage { height: 500px; }
}

@media (max-width: 767px) {
  .about-collage {
    height: auto;
    max-width: 480px;
    padding-inline: var(--container-pad);
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 24px;
  }
  .about-collage__photo {
    position: static;
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 360px;
  }
  .about-collage__photo--1 { aspect-ratio: 4 / 3; }
  .about-collage__ingredients {
    position: static;
    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
    gap: 16px;
    place-items: center;
    padding-top: 8px;
  }
  .about-collage__ingredients img {
    position: static;
    height: 64px !important;
    transform: none !important;
  }
}