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

korean festival 2018 @ tumbalong park

The annual Korean Festival was held at Tumbalong Park last week in glorious sunshine. The food stalls were doing a brisk trade in traditional Korean dishes with both Asian and non Asian customers.

Unlike most multicultural Festivals this Festival did …

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red carpet : breath @ randwick ritz

Simon Baker’s  much anticipated debut feature BREATH held its Sydney premiere recently at Randwick Ritz. I am pleased to say that the film is worthy of the hype which it has been receiving. This is a worthy, fine new Australian

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israel’s 70th independence day celebrations

The Sydney Jewish community celebrated 70 years of the existence of the State of Israel at Queen’s Park on Thursday 19th April, 2018

Designed as an event for all the family this cultural event featured an Israeli band, free rides,

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real bodies : the exhibition

 

Featured image – President and CEO of Imagine Entertainment Tom Zaller wth one of the exhibits. All pics by Ben Apfelbaum. 

REAL BODIES : THE EXHIBITION, a thought provoking display of human anatomy, made  its Sydney debut at the

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sherlock holmes and the speckled band

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s gothic tale has it all – a damsel in distress, a dark and stormy night, a mansion haunted by a gypsy curse, a twin sister who has died of fright, mysterious amulets, wild beasts and gypsies  

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sydney royal easter show 2018

The Sydney Royal Easter Show was first held in 1823 and was granted use of the word Royal by Queen Victoria.

Over the last century the show has survived and thrived due to its move from Moore Park to Homebush.

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