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

‘no show’ : a new exhibition @ carriageworks

Carriageworks NO SHOW features projects by eleven artist-led initiatives from across New South Wales. Based locally, regionally and online, the organisations invited by Carriageworks to participate include artist run spaces, studios and collectives, with digital platforms and publications.

With each

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flickerfest 2021 the wrap

Flickerfest had to overcome three obstacles in order to stage its 30th anniversary show.

Firstly, its traditional home, the Bondi Beach Pavilion, was unavailable due to extensive renovations which may well be incomplete for the 31rst anniversary show. Ever resourceful,

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high profile rally to save the metro minerva theatre

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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