Simon Clément is a Belgian freelance photographer.

Based in Ghent, he often travels abroad to make portraits of people caught up in the midst of conflicts and wars. 

Simon Clément

Info

Name
Simon Clément
Title
Photographer
Expertise
Documentary & Conflict
Country
Belgium
City
Gent

Supported projects

Belgian IS Fighters in Syrian Cells

  • Justice
  • Organised crime
  • Terrorism

DAMASCUS - Trapped in the dusty cells of northeastern Syria are thousands of foreign IS fighters, all having come with one goal: to establish an Islamic caliphate. They come from 50 countries such as Iraq and Lebanon, as well as France, Britain and Belgium. Five years after the fall of IS, they are prisoners in a legal no-man's land, often without charge or trial, written off by their home countries.

30 Years of Zapatista Revolution

  • Armed conflict
  • Human Rights
  • Politics

MEXICO-CITY - Like in India or the United States, Mexicans will elect a new head of state in 2024. That must spend the next six years dealing with the dubious legacy of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. 'Whoever comes to power, the oppression of indigenous peoples will continue unabated.'

Drying up Land

  • Economy
  • Healthcare
  • Environment

DAMASCUS - The Mesopotamia, an ancient cradle of civilisation, is formed by the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. But due to drought and the construction of Turkish dams, the rivers are in danger of drying up.