Yi Torch Festival Documentary: A Yi Woman Frozen Mid-Spin in Firelight

A god's-eye view of thousands of torches winding into a river of fire along a black ridge, with darkness covering seventy percent of the frame and an old man shielding a flame and a child looking up in the foreground. Tucks micro stories into a macro scene. Image 11 of Zhao Yifan's set.

A wide frame with the figure filling only the left fifth, firelight from off-screen right tracing a gold rim on her silver ornaments while everything else stays black. A study in negative space and rim-light silhouettes. Image 9 of the Yi Torch Festival set by Zhao Yifan.

A close-up of a large silver hoop earring whose curved surface splits firelight into a gradient band from amber to pale gold. A study in macro plus a single light source for metal texture. Image 5 of Zhao Yifan's Yi Torch Festival set.