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The Clement Frame Shop & Art Gallery is an independent Custom Picture Frame Shop & Art Gallery located on the Hudson in the Historic City of Troy, NY, 150 miles north of New York City. The shop has been in business for sixty years and is owned and operated by the brothers Tom and Ray Clement. The Clement Frame Shop is dedicated to outstanding quality custom picture framing and conservation techniques for all your framing needs. With over 2000 different types of picture moldings and custom mat colors we offer many different options to bring your design needs to realization. Click here to learn more about our custom framing services.

Current Exhibition

Martin Benjamin - A.R.T. { American Road Trip, Italy & Rock n' Roll} - April 26 - May 29

For over forty years photographer Martin Benjamin has captured images, stopping time and creating a moment. His has photographed political and sporting events as a photojournalist, created photo essays of other cultures as in his trips to Vietnam, and had an award winning series of photos in Life Magazine. Martin is probably most known for his hundreds of Rock n' Roll photos he has taken through the years. Capturing iconic musicians on and off stage, from Dylan to Springsteen and the Clash to the Kinks.

Martin's photographs have been reproduced in magazine and newspapers across the United States and Europe including: Sunday NY Times, New York Times, Rolling Stone, Village Voice, People Magazine, US Magazine, Time-Life, Creem, Guitar Player, Glamour Magazine, Metroland, Times Union, American Photographer, Camera Arts, U.S. News and World Report and dozens of others. His images have also been used in T.V. productions such as VH1/MTV Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Show, Legends: Bruce Springsteen, Driven: Mike Tyson, 100 Greatest Artists of Rock and Roll.

Martin has won many awards and grants for his photographs and has been in over seventy-five exhibitions across the country and in Europe and China. His work is in numerous public and private collections and he is a Professor of Visual Art at Union College in Schenectady, NY.

This exhibition will feature three different aspects of Martin Benjamin's character and personality behind the camera: Images from his American Road Trip series (Including his Award winning photos from Life Magazine), Italy and his iconic Rock n' Roll photography.

Please join us on Friday April 26 from 6-9pm as we open Martin Benjamin - A.R.T. { American Road Trip, Italy & Rock N' Roll }.

Exhibition runs April 26 - May 29.

The Clement Frame Shop & Art Gallery 201 Broadway Troy, NY 12180 (518)272-6811