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 coming to the lyric theatre in august 2023

NSW Minister for Tourism and the Arts, Ben Franklin, together with producers John Frost for  Crossroads Live Australia, Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David  Stone, recently announced that “Broadway’s Biggest Blockbuster” (NY

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festival of the winds @ bondi beach

Forty four years ago a University student John Silks interest in wind energy led to his fascination and love of kite making  and flying. John, along with  several of his friend, decided that it would great to run a Kite …

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dc league of super pets : fun for all the family

The DC universe has fared badly when compared with the Marvel universe.

It appears that DC has taken a different tact and gone down the animation trail. Two of our own local stars have been asked to voice characters, alongside

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six @ sydney theatre royal

Louise Withers co-producer of SIX said that this production was the perfect antidote to the Covid blues with joyous music that will have you toe tapping as you leave the theatre.

Ironically this funky rock and roll, upbeat music is …

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raw faces of rugby : some great pics

With just over twelve months to the Rugby World Cup a photographic exhibition is being held in the Sofitel Wentworth’s foyer depicting many of the famous faces of Rugby and momentous moments over the decades.

Inspired by Jean-Pierre Pages’ collection, …

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phantom of the opera : media call

The Phantom first appeared in 1909 in a French novel by Gaston Leroux. In 1925 a silent version of the Phantom was released starring Lon Chaney in his most acclaimed role. It was Andrew Lloyd Webber’s creative genius to perceive

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