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HTML

<section>

        <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Odio consequuntur doloremque amet vitae minima natus praesentium!</p>        

</section>

CSS

p {
  position: relative;
  max-width: 20em;
  font-size: 1.3em;
  line-height: 1.2;
  letter-spacing: 0.05em;
  color: darkgrey;
}
    
p::after {
  content: ' ';
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  width: 140%;
  height: 100%;
  background-image: url('https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1513279922550-250c2129b13a?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1050&q=80');
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center;
 }