Iwai Shunji-Style Summer: The Sea Appearing at the End of a Mountain Road

Two people sit on low crates outside a shop clinking soda bottles, the boy choking and stifling a laugh, with an old freezer and handwritten price tags behind them. A clumsy gesture replaces sweet dialogue. Image 4 of Zhao Yifan's set; --hd is an old parameter.

Two people push bikes toward a patch of white light at the end of a tunnel that swallows every detail; the girl's lips part at an echo while the boy looks down at the handlebars. Strong backlit silhouettes carry an unfinished thought. Image 5 of Zhao Yifan's set; --hd is an old parameter.

Two people sit on a seawall with a soda bottle's width between them, she nudging sea foam with her shoe tip, he looking at her profile for a second before glancing away. Shows how physical distance between bodies can write psychological distance. Image 8 of Zhao Yifan's set; --hd is an old parameter.