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

heard. syd by nick cave @ carriageworks

Carriageworks and the City of Sydney are presenting Heard. Syd by US artist Nick Cave, marking the first time the renowned artist has presented a major work in Australia. Presented over two days, on Thursday 10 November and Saturday …

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dark diamond : part of this year’s jiff festival

DARK DIAMOND (also known as Dark Inclusion), directed by Arthur Harari, is set against the backdrop of Antwerp’s diamond industry. It purports to be a cinema noir thriller.

This is basically a revenge film where a young petty criminal

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sydney festival 2017 launch

The 2017 Festival features 150 events, almost half of which are free. The Festival’s program was recently unveiled by Wesley Enoch, the Festival’s new and first indigenous Artistic Director at the State Theatre on 26 October 2016.

Big ticket items

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sculpture by the sea 2016

SCULPTURE BY THE SEA is the largest annual sculpture exhibition in the world and the 20th October 2016 marked its twentieth anniversary. David Handley, the Founding Director, welcomed a 104 artists from 17 countries and new members of the Decade …

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sydney opera house — the opera (the eighth wonder)

This Opera was composed by Alan John and  with co- librettist  Dennis Watkins has been renamed for its twentieth anniversary performance. It was first staged in 1996 and televised by ABC tv.

As part of the Handa Productions’ outdoor spectacles

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no activity – season 2 launch

The Season 2 Premiere of this silly, slyly satirical police comedy took place at the Golden Age cinema Surry Hills on Tuesday October 25. It involves Quentin Tarintino like dialogue and the police drama trope of helicopetr shots of the

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aryeh berkovits designs a home for the homeless

If the dream of a ten year old schoolboy is fulfilled, a person sleeping rough would no longer be exposed to the harsh elements of inclement weather.

Aryeh Berkovits as a project, started to design a cubby house at Kessertorah

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sculpture smashed by the sea

In an unprecedented weather event, the number of works in  sculpture by the sea were destroyed by huge seas at Tamarama and South Bondi. One of the sculptures closest to the seashore was Fair Dinkum Offshore Processing  by Melbourne sculptor

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