As an artist and photography collector Kessels has published several books of his ‘collected’ images: Missing Links (1999), The Instant Men (2000), In Almost Every Picture (2001-2013), and Wonder (2006). Since 2000, he has been an editor of the alternative photography magazine Useful Photography. He curated exhibitions such as FOAM’s inaugural exhibition Dutch Delight in 2001, and co-curated the New York Photo Festival in 2010 and From Here On at Rencontres d’Arles in 2011. Kessels is co-founder and creative director of KesselsKramer, an independent international communications agency located in Amsterdam, London, and Los Angeles.