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

red carpet : the artful dodger

The Red Carpet for this show was unusual in that it was held in a Bar where a number of the actors wore period costumes from the Dickens era.

THE ARTFUL DODGER was one of the characters in Charles Dickens’ …

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red carpet : anyone but you

The star of this film, Sydney Sweeney, together with the film’s director Will Gluck , and Australian cast members attended the film’s Sydney premiere.

The Sydney set rom-com is hoping to turn up the heat, transforming the ultimate Australian summer …

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broadway at twilight : just huge

It was a  lovely night at the COA (Council of the Ageing) in Saber Street Bondi Junction when  Maxine Appel Cohen and Shirley Politzer presented this joyful celebration of some of  the  the wonderful Jewish composers and singers who have …

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dymocks literary lunch : richard osman

At one of the largest Dymocks Literary lunches, organised by the mercurial Judy Benson, Richard Osman was interviewed by Richard Glover, who is the subject of the next literary lunch.

To people who are devotees of British television and games …

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jelena dokic : fearless

Jelena Dokic attended a book signing at  Dymock’s  recently with a long queue of fans waiting for her book to be signed and hopefully organise a photo of themselves with Jelena.

The book deals broadly with vulnerability and overcoming low

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