The view from Valentino Pier in Red Hook, Brooklyn, on a frigid winter afternoon. In the foreground is a black garbage can surrounded by a wide stretch of snow and ice that’s been broken up into shards by many boots. Beyond is a lamppost with a luminaire of shattered glass, and a bench facing away from camera towards the waters of New York Harbor seen through the pier guardrails. Very tiny on the horizon are the Statue of Liberty and a row of shipping cranes along the New Jersey shore. A seagull flies overhead in a pale sky streaked with luminous clouds.

The view from Valentino Pier in Red Hook, Brooklyn, on a frigid winter afternoon. In the foreground is a black garbage can surrounded by a wide stretch of snow and ice that’s been broken up into shards by many boots. Beyond is a lamppost with a luminaire of shattered glass, and a bench facing away from camera towards the waters of New York Harbor seen through the pier guardrails. Very tiny on the horizon are the Statue of Liberty and a row of shipping cranes along the New Jersey shore. A seagull flies overhead in a pale sky streaked with luminous clouds.