Nico Jesse is a Dutch photographer born in 1911. For many years, Nico Jesse combined his work as a doctor with his passion for photography. In 1956, he decided to end his practice and devote himself exclusively to photography. Six years later, he resumed his former profession, but went on taking photos in his free time. Jesse died in 1976.

“The essence of [Jesse’s photographs] is the characteristic moment of
movement, stripped from everything that does not not directly participate in
this movement or to which the movement does not give a certain character.”
–Gerrit Rietveld, “Is Photography an Art Form? A Reflection on the Occasion of
the Exhibition of Nico Jesse”