Hesse de Jonge

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Hesse de Jonge creates analog and digital photographic prints inspired by stories, landscapes and urban environments. Through his perspective as an urban designer, his work captures stillness, overlooked details, and a deeper connection to places.

Photography Founded in 2015 Based in Amsterdam
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His story

Hesse de Jonge started his analog and digital photographic practice in 2015. His love for photography began at the age of twelve, when his grandfather passed down an old camera, sparking a lasting fascination with analog photography, film, and the ability of images to preserve memory in a raw and honest way.

Over the years, his work has moved between landscape, documentary, and portrait photography, guided by an interest in nature, subcultures, and analog processes. Whether wandering through nature, engaging in conversation with strangers, or working alone in the darkroom, Hesse explores themes of calmness, human presence, and our relationship to the environment. This connects closely to his work as an urban designer, where observation, place and everyday life are central.

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“My photos aim to take you on a journey through stories, landscapes, and faded memories, captured with a love for nature, (sub)cultures and analog photography techniques.”

Craftsmanship

Hesse creates digital and analog photographic prints, meant to bring calm, atmosphere and a personal connection into a space. The digital prints are produced on high-quality matte paper, preserving the depth, color and fine details of the original image. They are available in A4 and 300 x 400 mm formats. The analog prints are made by hand in the darkroom on matte photographic paper, creating a more tactile object. Because of the traditional printing process, each analog print carries subtle differences in tone, texture and contrast.

Custom formats are also available on request. To preserve the quality of the prints, it is recommended to avoid direct sunlight and humidity, and to frame them behind UV-protected glass.

"All prints are made with attention to detail and are meant to bring calm, atmosphere and a personal connection into a space."

Sustainability

Hesse approaches sustainability through a deliberately slow, considered practice. Whenever possible, his photographic journeys are made by bike, car, or other ground-based transport rather than by air, allowing the landscape and surrounding environment to become an integral part of the creative process itself. Prints are produced with care in small editions, designed to endure over time and encourage more mindful, sustainable consumption. In the darkroom, harmful chemicals are avoided, and packaging is selected with sustainability in mind wherever feasible.

Graduation project

Hesse’s photography is closely connected to his work as an urban designer. In his graduation project, he explores how spatial design can contribute to healthier living environments, using photography as both a research method and a way to tell spatial stories.

Through fieldwork, observation and analog photography, he captures the quiet relationship between people, landscapes and everyday routines. This creates a strong synergy between photography and urban design: the camera helps him notice details, atmospheres and forms of use that often remain invisible in traditional design research.