Ben Apfelbaum

IRISH FILM ‘SING STREET’ AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE @ SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL

 

Nashan Moodley, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo and Mark McKenna. All pics by Ben Apfelbaum.
Nashen Moodley, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo and Mark McKenna.
Ferdia Walsh- Peelo & Mark McKenna of Sing Street
Ferdia Walsh- Peelo & Mark McKenna of Sing Street

Featured pic-  Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Mark McKenna with their guests. All images by Ben Apfelbaum.

Irish eyes were smiling at the Australian premiere of John Carney’s SING STREET. Actors Ferdia Walsh-Peelo and Mark McKeena were guests of the Festival and enjoyed the festivities.

John  Carney’s latest film is a beguiling portrait of eighties Dublin, complete with stone-washed denim, wild haircuts and a nostalgic soundtrack of The Doors, Duran  Duran  and The Police.

With this film Carney has mined his own teenage years to deliver a fresh take on the teen musical genre, whilst giving a knowing wink to the decade that style forgot.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3544112/

 

 

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.