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

jessica rowe : diary of a crap housewife

Even in today’s advertising and media worlds the housewife mother (and occasionally father) is perfectly groomed, unflappable in a clean, gleaming kitchen with perfectly behaved children.  Like young women who feel inadequate when viewing airbrushed glamazons many mothers feel guilty

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bilched : a fun new australian film

Randwick Ritz cinema is gaining a reputation as a launch for self funded independent films.

A weekend and a half ago it was Me and My Left Brain and last week it was BILCHED.

After showings in halls in Dubbo

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me and my left brain premiere @ randwick ritz

ME AND MY LEFT BRAIN  is a new film from Greek-Australian writer/director/actor Alex Lykos and follows on from his critically acclaimed film Alex and Eve. Lykos summarises his film as a romantic comedy about love, career choices and the paralysing

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head on : photography festival

Moshe Rosenzveig, the Head On founder and director started this exhibition ten years ago which occupied a small gallery with Australian made portraits  It has exploded in size to be one of the major photographic exhibitions in the world.

Over

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bill henson exhibition @ roslyn oxley9 gallery

If you had to name Australia’s most renowned photographer both here and internationally, it would be Bill Henson. He has had exhibitions in Spain, Switzerland, Israel, France and Vienna.

In America his work is held in the Los Angeles County

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american psycho the musical @ the hayes theatre

 

AMERICAN PSYCHO THE MUSICAL seems an incongruous pairing of  murder and the lyrical however it follows a surprisingly long list of killer musicals, such as Little Shop Of Horrors, Sweeney Todd and Assassins, to name but a few. Even

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buddha’s birthday @ tumbalong park

Due to budget constraints and insurance cost blow-outs, several free outdoor events in .Sydney no longer take place.

This is not the case with Buddha’s birthday, celebrating its 28th year at Tumbalong Park. Its principal sponsor and organiser is the …

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the global table caters to all tastes

I live in an area close to where the Global Table is held annually in May.

This is the first time in its 14 year history that I have attended it albeit with insufficient time.

Waverley Council believes that music …

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