Yi Torch Festival Documentary: A Yi Boy With Firelight in His Pupils

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.

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.

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.