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

taronga park centenary parade

Last Saturday 15th October Taronga Park Zoo held a parade from Hyde Park down Macquarie Street to the Opera House forecourt. It consisted of ten vividly lit animal sculptures in bright vibrant colours each sculpture being followed by scores of

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red carpet : hacksaw ridge

Last Sunday night at the State Theatre  the Australian premiere of Hacksaw Ridge took place.

HACKSAW RIDGE tells the true story of a Seventh Day Adventist Desmond Doss who was drafted into the military during the World War 2 Battle

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paralympians welcome home reception

All images by Ben Apfelbaum (c)

Unlike the Olympians, the Paralympians recently had their welcome home reception at the more wheelchair and disability friendly Martin Place.

Instead of cultural references to Rio De Janeiro and Tokyo, a large scale orchestra

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the girl on the train

This film  is the Spring season  blockbuster topping box office receipts in both Australia and the States. This is odd because it contains no super hero nor vulgar teens. In fact, it has a positively indie feel to it. It …

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night noodle markets @ hyde park north

The night Noodle Markets held annually in Hyde Park north, sponsored by the Sydney Morning Herald as part of its Good Food month, is one of the most popular culinary events in the Foodies calendar.

A balmy night, a live …

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side show @ the hayes

The Hayes Theatre often finds unloved musicals and brings them back to life. It performs the function of an off Broadway music hall. Musicals have some  strange premises – a flesh eating plant in Little Shop Of Horrors, Mormons in

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