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 musical whimsy

All images by Ben Apfelbaum (c).

Two serendipitous musical happenings crossed my path within an hour of each other, each very different but each extremely delightful. I was in the Town Hall when I heard its mighty organ, a glorious  

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art after hours @ art gallery of new south wales

Featured image – Self Portrait by Natasha Walsh, submitted for this years’ Archibald Prize. 

As part of its annual Art After Hours program, which the Art Gallery has run for many years, the Art Gallery has stayed open on Wednesday …

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liane moriarty coming out from under the radar

 

Liane Moriarty was recently profiled in the Good Weekend magazine as being ‘the most successful Australian crime writer that you don’t know.’  A capacity packed Dymocks luncheon held on Friday 29 July at the ballroom of the Shangri La …

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telling tales : excursions in narrative form @ mca

Curated by Rachel Kent, TELLING TALES explores the varied inventive approaches by leading Australian artists to narrative form. Using diverse materials including light, fog, and hand typed text, their works pick apart conventional storytelling approaches to reconsider ideas around …

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new romance- art and the posthuman @ mca

New Romance – art and the posthuman brings together artists from Australia and Korea whose works encourage us to ask what it means to be  human today and what it might mean in the future. Drawing inspiration from science fiction, …

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naidoc’s blak markets @ barangaroo reserve

On Saturday 9th July NAIDOC’s Blak Markets popped up at Barangaroo Reserve for one day only, transforming Nawi Cove into a lively marketplace showcasing Australia’s rich indigenous culture and also featured free music and traditional Aboriginal dance performers.

More than

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tropfest moving to parramatta park in 2017

The  relocation of Tropfest to Parramatta Park was announced at a Media Call in the Park attended by filmmaker and Tropfest Board Member George Miller AO, actor and  previous Tropfest Judge Sam Neill, Tropfest supporter and producer Marian Macgowan

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ladies in black coming to the sydney lyric in january

Queensland Theatre Company has announced that the critically acclaimed, smash hit and Helpmann Award winning musical LADIES IN BLACK will tour nationally in early 2017, opening  at the Sydney Lyric Theatre on January 3 for its premiere season, in the …

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