Ben Apfelbaum

ARCHIBALD PRIZE UPDATE: PEOPLE’S CHOICE AND YOUNG ARCHIE WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Featured image – Ben Apfelbaum (c)

As if saving the best for last, the Prize that keeps on giving- the Archibald welcomed more winners into its fold.

This week, the People’s Choice Prize was awarded to Sydney artist and Archibald Prize veteran Nick Stathopoulos with his hyper-real portrait of Sudanese refugee and lawyer, Deng Adut.

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Young Archies had to wait till now as well for the announcement. The winners were Alexander Bennett’s piece Untitled in the 5 to 8 year olds:-

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Mikael Woo’s piece Untitled  was the winner in the 9 to 12 year olds:-

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Olivia Lee’s piece Untitled was the winner of the 13 to 15 year olds:-

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Dilara Niriella’s piece Untitled was the winner of the 16 to 18 year olds:-

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There were 2,249 entries in this fourth Young Archie competition. The honorable mentions are on display at the S H Ervin Gallery on Observatory Hill.

Art lovers have until 9th October to see the newly crowned victors at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/young-archie/2016/

Published by 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.