Ben Apfelbaum

RED CARPET : THE BOOK OF MORMON

Recently there have been many different colours at premieres but The Book Of Mormon’s Carpet reverted to the traditional red at the Lyric Theatre in Pyrmont.

The fact that ‘The Book’ seems to be the hottest ticket in Sydney, ensured that a full complement of celebrities walked the Red Carpet.

For some strange reason the news media seemed to be over-representive amongst the attending VIP’s with such personalities as Mark Ferguson of Channel 7 news, Peter Stefanovic and Sylvia Jeffreys from Channel 9, Sandra Sully from Channel 10, and Wendy Harmer from ABC Radio.

Perhaps these newshounds wanted to see what all the hype and controversy surrounding this show is all about.

In Melbourne ‘The Book’ broke box office records and may yet do the same in Sydney as bookings have stretched out as far as August.

Featured image- David Campbell and Lisa Campbell. All pics by Ben Apfelbaum.

 

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.