Ben Apfelbaum

RED CARPET : THE BAD GUYS

Aaron Blabey The Bad Guys Author
Aaron Blabey autographing
Amber Sherlock & Family
Candice Dixon
DJ Jazzy & Kids
Ivone Hendarta & Family
May Issa & Kids
Policeman & The Bad Guys. Media Wall
Policeman & The Bad Guys. Media Wall
Tristan MacManus & Kids

THE BAD GUYS Sydney premiere was attended by Australian author Aaron Blabey last week as well a number of celebrities. THE BAD GUYS book was on the New York Times bestseller List which spent more than one hundred weeks on it with a copy sold every two minutes.

This attracted the attention of the giant Hollywood studio Dreamworks Animation which adapted it for the screen.The action comedy features a bumbling criminal crew (animal outlaws), who are about to attempt their most challenging con yet- becoming moral citizens. 

The characters are voiced by Sam Rockwell, Zazie Veetz,Marc Maron and Alex Borstein.

THE  BAD GUYS is directed by Pierre Beritel, animated by Kung Fu Panda Films. The Executive Producers are Aaron Blabey,  Etan Cohen and Patrick Hughes. 

Featured image : Ada Nicodemou, Adam Rigby, Johnas Xipolitas

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.