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

st patrick’s day festival

After an absence of three years due to financial constraints and weather conditions, the St Patrick’s Day Festival came roaring back to the Entertainment Quarter (nicknamed the Green Quarter for the day) on Sunday18th March.

The show ring at the

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thai grand festival sparkles @ darling harbour

For the eleventh year, over last weekend of the 24th and 25th of March, the Thai community held its Grand Festival at Tumbalong Park.

On stage there was a program of cultural folk dancing from different regions of Thailand. However,

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red carpet : peter rabbit

It was appropriate that the Australian premiere of PETER RABBIT was held at the Entertainment Quarter as much of the film was shot just up the road in Centennial Park.

Margot Robbie seems to like premieres at Moore Park as

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red carpet : the book of mormon

Recently there have been many different colours at premieres but The Book Of Mormon’s Carpet reverted to the traditional red at the Lyric Theatre in Pyrmont.

The fact that ‘The Book’ seems to be the hottest ticket in Sydney, ensured

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red carpet : black divaz

The Mardi Gras Film Festival entitled Queer Screen celebrated its 25th anniversary.

A highlight was the screening of BLACK DIVAZ directed by Adrian  Russell-Wills.

BLACK DIVAZ wen behind the glitter, flamboyance and glamour and extreme make-up tools as indigenous drag …

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flicks4change coming to the tom mann theatre

Sydney has a plethora of Film Festivals and a new one is squeezing into an untapped niche. FLICKS4CHANGE hope to initiate social change through sharing socially conscious short films

The inaugural event takes place  on March 17 at the Tom …

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mardi gras : 40 years of evolution

The 2018 Parade with its theme (FORTY YEARS OF EVOLUTION) broke all sorts of records. Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras CEO Terese Casu outlined the extraordinary magnitude of the event :- 200 entry floats-groups, close to four hours viewing

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chinese new year 2018

Due to the construction works for the light rail in George Street, the Chinese and other Asian communities have been unable to hold their dazzling lantern parade complete with lion dancing and communal dance troupes.

So what to do?! In …

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media call : mamma mia @ the capitol theatre

At the Media Call at the Capitol Theatre producer Louise Withers indicated that she had been associated with MAMMA MIA continuously since 2001. Withers further stated that this production was a remounting. Precisely what changes were made  I do not

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mamma mia blue carpet @ the capitol

Rather than a Red Carpet for the premiere of Mamma Mia unusually there was a Blue Carpet presumably to symbolise the sea which surrounds the island on which Mamma Mia takes place. The irresistible pull of the musical and 22

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