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

mathieu brand : the spiral @ carriageworks

Five turntables play samples on an endless loop, inviting audiences to intervene, creating a sonic chaos that is simultaneously cut to vinyl.

MATHIEU BRAND : THE SPIRAL transforms Carriageworks into an experimental sound recording studio and performance space. Visitors can

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semi permanent conference @ carriageworks

I recently attended the exhibition entitled SEMI PERMANENT at Carriageworks. The exhibition enabled creative thinkers by bringing together internationally renowned leaders across the arts and cultural industries to share their work over three days at Carriageworks between the 26th and …

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sydney writer’s festival 2016

Featured photo – Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales

The Sydney Writer’s Festival has concluded for another year and was once again a great success. Events were held around Sydney between the 16th and the 22nd May.

Here are some of …

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head on photo festival 2016

Here are a few of my images from the present Head On Photo Festival- a premiere Sydney photo festival  that has been exhibiting in Sydney at various venues around Sydney from the 29th April to the 29th May.

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Head on Featured Image

Head On-fish

Head On- Trees

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