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

sydney fringe festival 2022 launch

The premiere of Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett was the central event of the launch of this year’s Sydney Fringe Festival. The principal speakers announcing the events to come were Kerrie Glasscock, CEO and Festival Director, Michael Rodriguez, 24 Hour Economy

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mca australia : ultra unreal : new myths for new worlds

 

An unreal new exhibition  ULTRA UNREAL has just opened at the Museum Of Contemporary Art (MCA).

The exhibition features the works of six artists and collectives whose world building practices are connected to nightlife ecosystems across the globe. Club

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bastille day 14 july 2022

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After a pandemic pause the French Independence Day on the 14th July was able to kick up its heels and can-can its way to Customs House Square.

In previous years it was able to stretch the proximity of the …

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vivienne binns : on and through the surface @ mca

 

Tracing 60 years of work by one of Australia’s most significant feminist artists, VIVIENNE BINNS : ON AND THROUGH THE SURFACE is the first retrospective dedicated to the artist.

Curated by Anneke Jaspers (Senior Curator, Collection, MCA) and Hannah

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25 martin place : a new city theatre and dining precinct

JAGGED LITTLE PILL the Grammy and Tony Award winning Broadway musical, inspired by Alanis  Morissette’s ground-breaking album of the same name has returned to Theatre Royal  Sydney

The production’s exclusive limited season opened the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Sydney

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vivid 2022 : darling harbour

The western part of VIVID, centred around Darling Harbour, was much more satisfying. 

At the lower walkway, circling the Barangaroo headland, were a series of First Nation art themed flagpoles

At Barangaroo there were lovely spot projections on the walkway

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