Ben Apfelbaum

My photography began when my father handed me the proverbial brownie box camera as a child. As cameras developed I went through Fujica and Olympus range finders graduating to my first single lens reflex camera, the Minolta SRT101, the latter being the greatest facilitator to my growth as a photographer. Digital photography has only added to this.

I was a regular contributor to Camera Craft magazine (Australian Camera ) for over three years.

During Australia’s Bicentennial year (1988) I made it a personal project to document the celebrations. This culminated in the creation of a book of my photos which was published in 1989. The book was called CELEBRATING AUSTRALIA and came with an accompanying calendar.

My works have appeared in a number of publications including the coffee book entitled MY AUSTRALIA (1989), publisher Robertsbridge Severn. This book had a preface by the then Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke.

I was a co-photographer on a book entitled SYDNEY-DISCOVER THE CITY with text written by Robert Treborland. Major Mitchell Press was the publisher.

Also for two years I was the photographer for calendars celebrating Sydney’s multicultural communities. The two calendars were entitled MULTICULTURAL SYDNEY.

My work appeared in a group exhibition held at Sydney’s Town Hall pertaining to the diversity of life in South America to raise money for orphanages there.

I have over one hundred photos stored in the New South Wales State Library archive. I had a solo exhibition held in 2007 entitled Ben’s Lens at the Sydney Jewish Museum which celebrated the vibrancy of the Sydney Jewish community. Some of these photos are on the Museum’s permanent display. I have exhibited internationally firstly at the Spruill Gallery in Atlanta Georgia, united states, and in an exhibition entitled Kosher and Co at the Jewish Museum in Berlin.

Currently I am a regular contributor to J-Wire and this esteemed publication.

709 posts by Ben Apfelbaum

wicked : joyous wizadry comes to sydney

Since premiering on Broadway in 2003, WICKED has been enjoyed by more than 65,000,000 people across 16 countries.  It is the winner of more than one hundred major awards, including Grammy, Olivier and Tony awards. This is borne out of …

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the dismissal : the unmissable dismissal

The full title of this production is THE DISMISSAL : AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS MUSICAL COMEDY. So if you are going to this musical expecting laugh a minute satire in the vein of KEATING : THE MUSICAL you will be disappointed. …

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the tragedy of jewish comedy @ bondi pavilion

Since its humble beginnings at Shalom College, through a residency at Waverley library, the Sydney Jewish Writer’s Festival has now held its biggest and most ambitious event at its new home at the Bondi Pavilion.

A  full house with standing …

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the tragedy of jewish comedy : a panel discussion

Sydney Arts Guide shot a few questions across  to Robyn Reynolds (pictured) one  of the panelists on the Tragedy of Jewish Comedy forum which will take place Saturday week  at the Bondi Pavilion Theatre.

Q. The panel is called the …

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zoe leonard : al rio/ to the river @ mca

The exhibition Zoe Leonard : Al rio /To The River has recently opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

The Rio Grande collection of photos has been exhibited in Luxembourg and Paris and this is its third iteration. There s …

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wicked : first staged rehearsal @ abc studios

These are photos from the first staged rehearsal of WICKED that too place in late July at ABC Studios.

The Resident Director Lisa Leguillou, who has directed many versions of the show, was nonetheless assiduously involved in ensuring that the …

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sigrid thornton receives another well deserved honour

Sigrid Thornton recently attended the Randwick Ritz cinema for two different reasons.

The Deputy Mayor of Randwick Rafaele Pandolfini outlined Thornton’s long list of achievements, both in the theatre and behind the scenes, to secure and protect the cast and …

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