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

some cool pics from the sydney theatre awards

The Sydney Theatre Awards night took place on 31 January, 2022, at the Seymour Centre.Here are some cool pics taken on the night by Sydney Arts Guide photographer Ben Apfebaum

Lifetime Achievement Award Winners:

Live performances:

Actors Benevolent Fund Bursary

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macrocosm and the airship orchestra

To delight children and the young at heart two sets of inflatable objects are present during the duration of the Festival until the 30th January.

The first set of inflatables are floating in Cockle Bay. This group is entitled Macrocosm

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thaw : a legs on. the wall premiere

Anchored in the Opera House forecourt a giant crane dangles a woman atop an iceberg shaped in an inverted triangle. What we are witnessing over a three day period is a visual representation of the way in which glaciers worldwide

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first nations exhibitions @ barangeroo

The Barangaroo headland presents the First Nation’s cultural experience comprising of two exhibits, Wellama and Future Dreaming. 

Wellama (meaning ‘to come back’ in local language) is a ten minute audio visual artwork at the entrance of the Cutaway in Barangaroo

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the metro minerva theatre action group

A protest rally was held recently in the Fitzroy Gardens in Kings Cross to demonstrate against the unsympathetic redevelopment of the Metro-Minerva Theatre. Over 100 objections to developer Central Element’s Development Application  to convert the theatre into a hotel have

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sydney festival : yung lung @ carriageworks

The Sydney Festival as part of its aims must showcase bold and innovative performances and with Yung Lung at Carriageworks it has admirably fulfilled this obligation. 

Coming to this work of experimental dance is like trying to discern the

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new year eve fireworks 2022

As was the case last year, there was  a lot of controversy as to whether this year’s fireworks should be held.

Nonetheless, as with last year, the decision was made to once again light up the Bridge and Harbour.

In …

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head on photo exhibition @ bondi beach

It is our good fortune that the Head On Festival decided to extend the photographic entries to its competition until the 30th January .

Inclement weather meant that many people were deterred from visiting and viewing  this cornucopia of photography. …

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