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

preview screening : warwick thornton’s the new boy

At the Hayden Cremorne Orpheum recently, Cate Blanchett , one of the stars of Warwick Thornton’s new  film THE NEW BOY,  appeared for a photo call  with the director and producer Kath Shelper. 

The film’s script lay in Thornton’s drawer

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vivid sydney @ darling harbour

 

To my mind, the Vivid works which stretched from Central Railway to Barangaroo contained far more innovative works yet very few crowds. There were, for example, lively projections on the Central Railway station  clocktower and facade and explosive fountain …

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vivid sydney @ circular quay

 

This year’s Vivid Festival had a record breaking attendance, up from two and a half million last year to three and a half million this year.

Circular Quay was choked on the nights that  the drone flying formations lit …

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red carpet beauty and the beast @ the capitol

The Beauty And The Beast Red Carpet was a curious mixture of celebrities, influencers and drag queens. Several wore tiaras, even though the heroine Belle did not.

The most spectacular costume was worn by Brendan De Lahay  who came as

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beauty and the beast @ the capitol theatre

It was a cold and rainy night that greeted guests at the Premiere of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.  However, once inside the warmth and charm radiating from the Capitol Theatre stage banished all sorts of dampness and cold.

A lyric …

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opening night of the sydney film festival 2023

The Sydney Film Festival (SFF) 2023 is well under way with many sessions sold out and the promise of extra screenings.

The 70th SFF got off to a great start with the Australian Premiere of Warwick Thornton’s film THE NEW

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