YIBO&JIANWEI

A Ceremony Belonging Only to Them

There were no guests, no rows of chairs and no audience waiting beyond the aisle. At the foot of the snow mountain, Lian and Wei exchanged their vows in a ceremony that belonged entirely to the two of them. We stood quietly at a distance, the only people there to witness it unfold.

The setting was composed in red and white—two long drapes moving against the mountain, surrounded by flowers in the same restrained palette. She wore a red qipao, carrying a quiet sense of tradition into the landscape.

Part of their story was photographed on black-and-white film, reducing everything to its simplest forms: the mountain, the fabric moving in the wind, two figures standing together and the silence around them. No performance and nothing to interrupt the moment—only a promise made beneath an open sky.

Black and white photograph of a young man and woman facing each other closely, with noses nearly touching, looking into each other's eyes, both wearing white clothing.
Close-up of a young man with glasses and a young woman, both with fair skin and dark hair, posing closely together against a blurred green background.
Profile image of an East Asian woman with black hair styled in a low bun, wearing a traditional Chinese-style dress with a high collar and floral pattern, standing indoors with a wooden background.
A woman sitting on a large rock beneath two evergreen trees, wearing a floral dress and black shoes, with a soft focused background.
A black and white photo of a bride and groom standing outdoors in front of a traditional Japanese building with a tiled roof and stone wall. The bride wears a wedding dress and veil, and the groom wears a suit. Light filters through trees above, creating a bright atmosphere.
Blurry image of a bride in a wedding dress walking through a doorway, captured from a low angle, with dark vertical structures framing the shot.
Two people in traditional white wedding dresses watching an outdoor scene through a glass wall, with their backs to the camera and one person with short hair and the other with long hair tied back.
A woman with her eyes closed, wearing white lace earrings, with a soft pink background and a blurred outdoor setting.
Close-up of a person's hand with rings, gently holding a fabric or piece of clothing.
An outdoor display with white and red floral arrangements on wooden stands, set against a mountainous landscape with a pink sky.
A man dressed in a cream-colored suit holding a vibrant bouquet of pink and red flowers with greenery, standing outdoors with a mountainous landscape in the background.
A man dressed in a white suit holding a bouquet of red flowers standing in a grassy field with mountains in the background, seen through a torn piece of red and white paper.
A man in a light-colored suit and a woman in a white lace wedding dress and veil standing side by side, looking out a large window with sunlight streaming in, inside a building with wooden ceiling and tiled floor.
A young woman in a white dress and cowboy boots standing in a grassy field with a mountainous landscape in the background.
Close-up of a person lying on a bed, wearing a garment with floral embroidery and a lace top, surrounded by white bedsheets.
Two people holding hands walking across an open field with large forested hills in the background.
A black and white photo of a man in a suit walking on a wooden boardwalk outdoors. There is a tipi on the left side, a grassy area, trees, small buildings, and mountains in the background.
A black and white photo of a woman with long hair looking outside through a window, with light illuminating her face.