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

sydney jewish writers festival continues to flourish

Featured image – Left to right David Gonski and his immediate family. Pictured left to right- David’s wife, sister, mother, David, and his younger twin brother Stephen. David’s other twin brother Dr Peter Gonski was not at the event.

Having …

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sydney fringe festival launch @ sydney town hall

Featured Image- Porcelain Alice and Atlantis. All images by Ben Apfelbaum.

The Sydney Fringe Festival was launched recently on the steps of the Town Hall by Lord Mayor Clover Moore, surrounded by fringe artists.

Kerri Glasscock indicated that 2016 has …

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national art school open day

For one sunny Spring afternoon Saturday (3 September) the threat to this beautiful heritage site was forgotten when this venerable institution to showcase its features from sandstone encased digital art facilities to live nude model drawing sessions. The public could …

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the inaugural sculpture @ barangaroo exhibition

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The inaugural Sculpture At Barangaroo exhibition was recently held around and on its six hectare headland.

Unlike Sculpture By The Sea which is a competition, the Barangaroo Sculptures were designed by invited artists, including Australian artists and Aboriginal craftsmen and …

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bleu blanc et rouge festival @ circular quay

Images by Ben Apfelbaum.

Due to crippling rises in public liability insurance and the high cost of venue hire many festivals in the Sydney  cultural calendar have either been postponed or have disappeared.

However, a bright and energetic new festival …

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