In the winter of 2026, a relentless blizzard transformed the elevated steel arteries of Queens into a study of Astoria’s industrial skeleton. This collection is a witness to that transformation-a series of moments where the neighborhood’s iron ribs are laid bare under the weight of a white-out.

Beyond the grand of frozen tracks, the lens searches for the human pulse within the storm. We see it in the steady ascent o commuters, the tireless “double eyes” of subway operators peering through iced glass, and the shopkeepers of the Japanese Family Market clearing the way for their neighbors. These are the faces of a community that does not stop, even when buried.

From the grit of a slush-covered floor to the fading silhouette of the bridge, Steel Forest documents a community at a standstill-reminding us that beneath the heavy iron, the neighborhood’s heart remains resolute, stubbornly alive.