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

dear lindy and the court of public opinion

Featured image – Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton and Alana Valentine at Dymocks city store. Images by Ben Apfelbaum.

As Lindy mourned the death of her baby daughter Azaria, taken by a dingo from a campsite at Uluru in 1980, she was tried …

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rehearsals begin on a new production of mamma mia

Featured image- Performers Stephen Mahy and Sarah Morrison. Pic by Ben Apfelbaum.

Over 60 million people have fallen in love with the story and the music that makes MAMMA MIA the ultimate feel good musical.

A new Australian production- producers

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portia geach exhibition @ s.h.ervin gallery

Featured image – Amanda Davies’ portrait of Pat Brassington.

The  Portia Geach Memorial Award is Australia’s most prestigious art prize for portraiture by women artists.

The Award was established by the will of the late Florence Kate Geach in memory

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sculpture by the sea : now in its 21st year

The 21st ‘Coming Of Age’ annual Sculpture By The Sea has welcomed work from 104 sculptors from 15 countries around the world. Since its inception, 1272 sculptors have exhibited on the Bondi-Tamarama coastal walk. One of the sculptors, Orest Keywan

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moran portrait prize finalists on view @ juniper hall

Founded by Doug and Greta Moran and family in 1988 for the celebration of Australia’s Bi-Centennial, the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, believed to be the world’s most valuable portrait prize, has been held annually ever since. This year, the …

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festival of death and dying, sydney

THE FESTIVAL OF DEATH AND DYING   is the result of the collaboration between Victoria Spence and Peter Banki.  Their aim is to question the death phobia of contemporary culture by creating new spaces where people can to think, feel …

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a festival of fraudulent facts

Recently  the Bondi Pavilion hosted a talk with the title of FRAUDULENT FACTS, HOAX HEADLINES AND MALICIOUS MEDIA.

 Jan Fran, Alex McKinnon,Sandra Sully, John Barron

Images by Ben Apfelbaum

Presented by the Mark and Evett Moran Nib Literary Award and  …

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national art school : underbelly festival

Over the weekend of the 7th and 8th October, the National Art School in Darlinghurst held the Underbelly Arts Festival.

Its Director, Roslyn Helper, together with her team and the 116 artists themselves created 21 new projects, 6 lab

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red carpet : thor ragnorak

Two of the main protagonists in this third installment of the Marble Comics are Thor himself and the Hulk. Their earthly counterparts Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo strode the Red Carpet at the Entertainment Quarter last Sunday.

It was a

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