Documentary: Three Travelers Pushing a Cart Into a Blizzard on the Plateau

The setting sun turns the traveler into a pure black silhouette traced only by a golden rim light, the shadow stretching far across the sand and the sky shifting from burning orange to deep blue-violet. A complete example of a horizon backlit silhouette shot. Image 6 of Zhao Yifan's Documentary set.

A traveler lies flat on the pebbled shore so the figure and its reflection form two symmetric people, with a white scarf half-submerged making a white curve on the water. A rare composition that uses reflection symmetry to convey contemplation. Image 8 of Zhao Yifan's Documentary set.

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.