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

the lunar new year food festival 2024

 

Lunar New Year is the time for Asian families to gather together at home or at outdoor venues to enjoy the feast.

All the Chinese restaurants in Dixon Street and the Haymarket area were bursting at the seams with

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red carpet : force of nature : dry 2

The sequel to the successful The Dry entitled FORCE OF NATURE : THE DRY 2 had its Sydney premiere at the Westpac Open Air cinema  at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair.

The film was scheduled to open in August last year but …

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nikon walkley awards 2023 @ state library

The Nikon Walkley Press photography exhibition celebrates the achievements of Australian photographers across a range of genres from news and sport to portrait and visual essays. This exhibition showcases their work and honours their skills in transforming fleeting moments into …

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tacita dean exhibition @ museum of contemporary art

The Museum Of Contemporary Art  is currently hosting the works of one of the most important living artists of our time. Dean is renowned for her distinctive body of works encompassing film, photography and drawing which she brings together in …

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dance rites : exceptional indigenous dancing

It was pleasing to see that DANCE RITES, after a Covid induced break, returned to its spiritual home in the form of a sandpit performing area in the forecourt  of the Sydney Opera House.

Indigenous dance companies from all parts …

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