Manhattan Light

This photographic base was shot in New York City.

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 75 cm - Edition of 10

Print size 60 x 50 cm - Edition of 10.

Print size 30 x 25 cm - Edition of 10.
Print size 10,5 x 14,8 cm (DIN A6) - Edition of 100.

In “Manhattan Light,”  from the series "Urban Reflection," Thomas Haensgen captures urban duality with stunning precision. The Brooklyn Bridge hovers above a perfectly mirrored city, where Manhattan glows not once, but twice—its reflection rippling like a second heartbeat, just out of sync with the first.

The image feels monumental and intimate, as though you’re watching the city dream of itself. The sharp lights of skyscrapers dissolve into the water below, forming shapes as fleeting and accidental as the pattern of streetlights when your train passes too quickly. It’s not just a photograph; it’s a visual conversation between reality and its less grounded, more poetic counterpart.

Haensgen’s approach recalls Edward Hopper’s quiet introspection, but with the cinematic grandeur of Gregory Crewdson. Yet here, he brings his unique twist: the way the photograph feels like a moment you could have walked into but didn’t, the kind of thing that haunts you later, like realizing your friend’s offhand comment at dinner was actually deeply profound. This piece asks a simple question with no simple answer: which Manhattan is real? And does it matter? In the end, it doesn’t—it’s the quiet beauty of choosing to see both that lingers.