Yi Torch Festival Documentary: Macro of a Yi Silver Earring 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.

An eight-year-old boy tilts his face up with fire lighting it from below, a spark of flame reflected in each eye and a small hand gripping a torch showing at the bottom edge of the frame. A study in catchlights and under-lit portraits. Image 7 of Zhao Yifan's Yi Torch Festival set.

Rembrandt split lighting, a silver-disk crown breaking the firelight into points of light and three graduated silver disks hanging diagonally across her chest. The most fully structured clothing description in the set, a study in how to write silver ornaments. Image 4 of Zhao Yifan's Yi Torch Festival set.