Photographer Janice Chan turns her lens toward the annual kite festival in Weifang, China, where an open field becomes a stage for a striking spring ritual. Her analog images focus on the playful scenes that unfold beneath a sky crowded with unusual shapes, transforming a public gathering into a vivid visual study of color, scale and movement.
The photographs highlight the festival’s whimsical side, with kites shaped like tropical fish and even instant noodle packets floating overhead. By centering these unexpected forms, Chan captures how ordinary objects and animals are reimagined in oversized, airborne versions that briefly reshape the landscape.
Working in analog photography adds to the sense of impermanence in the series. The medium suits a subject built around a fleeting seasonal event, where thousands gather, look upward and share a temporary world that exists only for an afternoon before disappearing again.
Rather than presenting the festival only as a spectacle, Chan’s images frame it as a lighthearted cultural moment defined by imagination and community. In Weifang’s spring skies, her photographs find a mix of humor, atmosphere and ephemerality that gives the event its distinct character.
