René Clement

René Clement (Dutch b. 1962)

René Clement is a photojournalist and fine-art photographer. A native of the Netherlands, Clement lived and worked in New York before moving to Cairo in 2018.

After many years of documenting life in America: a five-year project on Dutch settlers in Iowa and the on-going recovery of NY City after the attacks of 9/11, Clement turned his attention to landscape photography, specifically energy and time contained within the landscape. His first four series: Cityscapes, Seasoned, 4Sight and Kinetic Force were made in New York.

Since moving to Cairo Clement has focused on the Egyptian landscape. His on-going series ‘I Feel The Earth Move’, is divided into the portfolios: Passage, Transformer and Maadi Nights. In each Clement plays with collage and multiple layered images to visualise the passage of time in nature and the urban landscape.

Clement is co-founder of Borax Foundation for Photography in Nijmegen, Netherlands and a contributor to the ANP - Hollandse Hoogte Agency in Amsterdam. His work has been published throughout the world and his portrait photography and documentaries have been awarded numerous prizes including Time Magazine Picture of the Year and the Zilveren Camera competition.