Ben Apfelbaum

30 YEARS OF FUTURE FASHION EXHIBITION @ POWERHOUSE MUSEUM

 

After a highly successful season presenting a retrospective of Carla Zampetti’s work, what could be more apposite than highlighting current students work, some of whom may be the next Zampatti.

The show entitled the 30 YEARS OFTHE FUTURE FASHION Exhibition highlights the work of talented students in the field with a show that not only drapes the dresses on models but there are also  videos of the fashions in motion, textile analysis, and in particular an extraordinary display of various lace needlework styles which are displayed in pull-out shelves.

I attended the event with my niece who is studying fashion and found it a great source of inspiration.  She was delighted to see that a friend of hers dress was on display and was fascinated by the lace needlework, stating that she hoped to return to study it in full detail.

This is a show not only for students but also for those interested in the future creativity  in the world of future fashion.

The 30 YEARS OF THE FUTURE FASHION exhibition is on display at the Powerhouse Museum until 31  December 2023.

Photos 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 Treborlang. 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. To celebrate the opening of a permanent Photography Gallery, the State Library of New South Wales selected 400 shots from its archive of over 2,000,000 images to display in the new gallery. An image of mine was plucked out of the multi million photo archive to be part of the inaugural exhibition.