Yen Magazine was one of the first publications to write about Lost Collective. It mattered, both for the reach (this was one of the early features that pushed the project beyond a small audience) and because I'd been reading Yen for years.
For the record, contrary to the opening paragraph of the article: I don't break into buildings. Access is arranged, site by site.
The piece is built around the White Bay Power Station gallery.
The Yen feature was an inflection point for Lost Collective. From the day it ran, the project moved into the orbit of larger Australian and overseas publications, and the next year of coverage cascaded from that contact list.
The edit on these White Bay images is a long way from where my edit sits now. Looking back at the version of Lost Collective that Yen ran is a useful reminder of how much the project has been refined since 2016.
"Raise your hand if you've ever wanted to break into an old, creepy abandoned building to take photos. Or is that just us? Photographer Brett Patman gets it, which is why his Lost Collective project involves so many spaces and structures that look like the setting for a zombie movie that hasn't been made yet. This series of images was taken inside White Bay Power Station at Rozelle, in Sydney's Inner West foreshore area. Built in 1917 and decommissioned in 1983, it's a pretty creepy spectacle, especially because of details like the games room, still featuring pool tables and other recreational facilities used by the station's workers."
