Ben Apfelbaum

BLUE CARPET : TRANSFUSION

George Houvardas
Gilbert Bradman
Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
Jessica Ferguson
Jessica Napier & David Adler
Julian Maroun
Matt Nable, Phoebe Tonkin
Sam Worthington
Trystan Go
Youth Transfusion Cast

Matt Nable is the writer/director and a participant actor in his directorial debut, TRANSFUSION.

He is a familiar face  on the big and the small screen usually playing the tough guy. 

This film is written for the real Matt Nable who is the opposite of his stereotypical screen persona. He had to write his own film in order to convey what he is really like, that is a sensitive guy.

The story tells of a battle hardened soldier played by Sam Worthington suffering from PTSD returning home to his grief stricken son played by Edward Carmody, after the death of his mother, played by Phoebe Tonkin. They have to find some way to connect in order to move forward with their lives.

Featured image : Edward Carmody. Text and 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 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.