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

unpacking yoda : the jedi master arrives!

An exhibition entitled Star Wars : Identity opens on Friday 16 November 2018 and should prove an irresistible magnet to Star War fans.

Perhaps the most revered character is Yoda the Jedi master. He teaches Jedi knights to nurture and

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flugtag makes a splash in sydney

Flugtag is German for flying  day. Sponsor Red Bull’s drinks are supposed to give you wings. The fullest realisation of this is in their air shows which are held round the world. A single engine craft undergoes a time trial

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festival of dangerous ideas

Usually held in the Sydney Opera House this weekend long Festival was held for the first time on Cockatoo Island. What was perceived to attract the largest audience was held the cavernous Turbine Hall.

The concept of a dangerous idea

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sculpture by the sea : in miniature

Many people in their quest to see the large and often spectacular sculptures with glorious backdrops of the Pacific Ocean, Bondi and Tamarama beaches often miss one of the jewels of this annual event, for example the Maquettes. Just as

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more on : madiba the musical @ the state theatre

This musical was first performed in France as a concert and tableaux. The creators   Jean-Pierre Haddida and Alicia Sebrien  together with director Pierre-Yves Duchesne and producer Neil Crocker had a dream to turn their concert into a stage musical.  In

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double bay street fair

The sun was shining, the purple jacarandas were in bloom, the stall holders were trading briskly and great music was being pumped out on sound stages or by buskers. The kids were catered for with a sideshow alley and mini

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sculpture by the sea : a year of firsts

There were a number of firsts at this year’s Sculpture by The Sea.

For the first time a Victorian James Parrett has won the Aqualand Sculpture Award worth $70,000 for his work ‘M-fortysix’. The Waverley Council Mayor’s Award worth $5000

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sydney festival media launch @ the qt hotel

The Festival of Sydney had its media launch last Wednesday at Sydney’s inner city QT Hotel.

The launch featured two of Sydney’s most prominent artists, Marcia Hines and Ursula Yovich.

Marcia Hines will perform in  Pigalle, a new

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jamie lee curtis, halloween and the black carpet

Jamie Lee Curtis  is married to a Baron, the fifth Baron Hayden-Guest, a hereditary British peerage. However, he is more commonly known as Christopher Guest, writer, director and actor in a series of wicked satires starting with “This is Spinal

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sculpture by the sea turns 22

The launch of this 22nd Sculpture By The Sea was unusual in that the Sculpture Prize announcement was delayed. This was due to the very wet first half of October which prevented some of the sculptures from being installed. The

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