Clement began his photographic career 15 years ago working as a photojournalist and the honest, direct approach to his story telling photographs has stayed with him throughout his journey.During one stint at a daily paper he found several antique Yashicas in the basement and began taking them on assignment with him. The inherent unpredictability of film and older equipment was in stark contrast to the clinical, perfect pixels that comprises modern photography. In time small formats led to the acquisition and use of 4x5's and 8x10's and then to the jump to wet plate collodion.