High Line

This photographic base was shot in New York City at the High Line. 

Printed on Fine Art Hahnemühle Hemp Natural Line 290 g/m2.

Each print comes signed and numbered. 

Unframed. With a small white border. Send in a tube.

Print size 90 x 60 cm - Edition of 10

Print size 75 x 50 cm - Edition of 10.

Print size 45 x 30 cm - Edition of 10.

In High Line from the Kinda New York series, Thomas Haensgen invites us to see New York City through the eyes of a dreamer who has spent a little too much time staring at geometric screensavers. The patchwork sky, a mosaic of blue and white shards, feels like it belongs to a parallel universe where clouds are assembled by graphic designers.

Beneath this sky lies the High Line—a corridor of creativity suspended above the chaos of the city. Haensgen’s use of color and fragmentation creates a visual symphony that blurs the lines between the organic and the artificial. The scene feels like the city has paused mid-breath, caught between nostalgia and innovation, between industrial brick facades and modern glass structures.

The fractured sky in High Line recalls the Cubist fascination with deconstructing and reassembling reality, while the vibrant cityscape below feels like a nod to the pop art movement’s celebration of urban culture. Imagine if Piet Mondrian collaborated with David Hockney on a mural depicting city life—it might look something like this.

The High Line itself, a repurposed railway line turned into an urban park, serves as the perfect metaphor for Haensgen’s work: a transformation of the mundane into the extraordinary. This image captures the layered history of New York City, from its industrial past to its modern reinvention as a playground for creativity.

High Line feels like that one moment when you’re walking down the street, and you glance up to see the sky looking so perfect it seems fake. You squint, wondering if someone swapped it out for a digital render overnight.

Haensgen’s work reminds us that even in a city as bustling and chaotic as New York, there are moments of surreal calm—moments when the ordinary becomes extraordinary, if only you’re willing to look up.