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

red carpet : i, tonya

Photography by Ben Apfelbaum.

Australian star Margot Robbie flew in to Sydney on Tuesday 23 January 2018 to specifically attend the premiere of I TONYA at the Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park.

Like many an Australian superstar Robbie got her start …

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yellow brick road carpet : the wizard of oz

THE WIZARD OF OZ came to Sydney with a glittering opening night at the Capitol Theatre on the 4th January, 2018

This production was a remounting of the recent  London Palladium production features the original songs with some new material  

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premiere : pitch perfect 3

Could this the last installment of the Pitch Perfect franchise?! I suppose a Box Office success would be a determinant but it is subtitled Last Call Of The Pitchers.

In an unusual occurrence at a film’s premiere nearly all the

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aacta 2017 industry awards

The Industry Awards were held at the Star on the 4th December, 2017 to celebrate the  work of the ‘behind the scene’ players. Some prominent celebrities turned up to show their support.

Pics by Ben Apfelbaum.

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some of the winners at this year’s arias

The Media Room has hosted many surprise visits from notable musicians. None were so great in stature (and I mean that literally and figuratively) as Mick Fleetwood, one of the founders of Fleetwood Mac. Furthermore, the Media Room winners represented …

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red carpet : the arias @ the star

This year the rock and pop chicks decided to go glamorous and the blokes wore the traditional grunge. Although the headline acts did not walk the carpet, the presence of so many up and coming musicians gave the Red Carpet …

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opening night : muriel’s wedding the musical

 

These pics were taken by Ben Apfelbaum capturing the very festive atmosphere of the party following the opening night performance of  Sydney Theatre Company’s major production for the year. Featured image is of Ben Bennett who plays the gruff …

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