Ben Apfelbaum

RED CARPET : FORCE OF NATURE : DRY 2

The sequel to the successful The Dry entitled FORCE OF NATURE : THE DRY 2 had its Sydney premiere at the Westpac Open Air cinema  at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair.

The film was scheduled to open in August last year but was held over due to the Hollywood writers strike.

The film will now open in Australian cinemas on the 8th February 2024.

The film directed by Robert Connolly once again commences with a murder which Eric Bana’s character xxx  must solve with the help of his partner XXX played by Jacqueline McKenzie.

One of the actor’s said that the film should be called The Wet as it takes place in the dark corners of a damp rainforest.

Director Robert Connolly
Miranda Tapsell
Sist Stringer
Robin McLeavy
Lucy Ansell
Joe Davidson
Jeremy Lindsay Taylor and partner
Lucy Ansell
Jacqueline McKenzie and daughter
Eric Ban=, Rebecca Gleeson wife, Sophia Banadinovich. daughter
Deborah-Lee Furness

Featured image Candice Dixon. Text and  photos by Ben Apfelbaumj

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.