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

evie may : a musical of ambition and heartache

This is an original musical with book and lyrics by Hugo Chiarella with music and lyrics by Naomi Liivngstone having its debut at the Hayes Theatre.

Set in 1966 with the last ever Tivoli performance in Sydney faded star Evie

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don’t worry, he won’t get far on foot

Despite the fact that this is a film about the real life quadriplegic cartoonist John Callahan, this is definitely not the typically mawkish cliche of handicap triumphing over adversity. The film, directed by Gus van Sant, is based on …

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shatner’s world : to infinity and beyond

The late comedienne Joan Rivers remarked in her documentary  A Piece Of Work that what was death to her was her diary with no forthcoming bookings.

William Shatner’s diary I imagine would continuously be full and in Shatner’s world he

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holly throsby in conversation @ harry hartog’s

As a multi Aria award nominee, in some circles Holly Throsby is better known as a melodic indie folksinger. In literary circles she is known as a novelist

Although she had written newspaper articles Throsby had not written a novel

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oz comic-con comes to life

Oz Comic-Con, a sci-fi and comic convention, has been held in the capital cities of Australia since 2012 and is a local franchise of the New York Comic-Con.

There are guest overseas film stars, panels and workshops and Cosplay competitions.

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bondi junction crows at roosters victory

Over the long weekend I could not spread myself to the extent of attending the Grand Final of the National rugby League competition. What with covering the Cosplay convention and the Manly Jazz Festival the only way I could cover …

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darling harbour art ambush

OPEN is a creativity space dedicated to the enhancement of Sydney’s CBD through free public art. It is the result of a partnership between aMBUSH Gallery and Darling Quarter. OPEN is located in Darling Quarter’s Civic Connector and was launched …

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red carpet : first man

Red Carpets, in this case a Black Carpet, usually hosts stars, starlets and traditional media personalities. Lately this has extended to social media influencers, but in this case it was scientists who also took part in keeping with the theme

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