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Series Story KINUGAWA KAN MAY 2026
Kinugawa Kan: A Century of Change in Kinugawa Onsen
Kinugawa Kan opened on 31 December 1942 on the Kinugawa River gorge. The first major ryokan in Kinugawa Onsen to fall in the post-bubble era, in June 1999. A photo...
Wangi Power Station: The Years Gone By
Eleven storeys of brick on the western shore of Lake Macquarie, built by 1,000 men and run for...
21 photographs · 12 min read
Why the calendars stay where they are
Woolla is a hand-built hut on the Deua River near Braidwood. The Davis family lived here from 1927...
37 photographs · 8 min read
What I Learned Shooting Hotel Motel 101
Ever wondered where the idea for Hotel Motel 101 came from? Well, here's a bit of an insight...
19 photographs · 10 min read
Kandos Cement Works: Ninety-Five Years in the Valley
Cement production at Kandos began in August 1916, in a valley in the central west of New South...
7 photographs · 3 min read
Industrial Photography in Sydney: White Bay and Eveleigh
Sydney's industrial heritage is concentrated in a band of suburbs that ring the inner harbour: Rozelle, Eveleigh, Pyrmont,...
24 photographs · 2 min read
Bradmill Denim: Inside the Yarraville Mill
The first time I walked through a gap in a fence and into an abandoned building, it was...
24 photographs · 3 min readBehind the lens
Behind-the-scenes photography and field notes from each location shoot.
Behind the Lens: Wangi Power Station
The turbine hall is the most readable room I've worked in. No machinery on the floor, just the structure: riveted steel frame,...
Behind the Lens: White Bay Power Station
Brett Patman on working inside White Bay Power Station. The thirty-metre boilerhouse, the overhead cranes, and photographing a building that is open...
Available Light
Brett Patman on working with available light in abandoned buildings. Tripods, slow shutter speeds, and why waiting is part of the process.
How I Find the Places
Brett Patman on finding locations for the series. Heritage registers, Google Maps, and the long work of turning a single visit into...
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Peters' Ice Cream Factory in the Manning River Times
Peters' Ice Cream Factory was featured in the Manning River Times & National Trust Heritage Festival by Cundletown...
Terminus Hotel on realestate.com.au
Sydney Morning Herald picture feature
I didn’t actually know of this article in Sydney Morning Herald about how I’ve “been quietly letting himself...
Terminus Hotel in Business Insider
Balmain Leagues Club in the Daily Mail
The once-thriving but now dilapidated Balmain Leagues Club as fans remember a 'golden age'. The Daily Mail features...
Terminus Hotel in Commercial Real Estate
Commercial Real Estate is actually where I where came up with the idea to make some inquiries into...
Balmain Leagues Club in The Daily Telegraph
Anyone who has seen the exterior of Balmain Leagues Club, would not be surprised to see the interior...
Why I Take Photos in Abandoned Buildings (Broadsheet)
I was invited to write for Broadsheet early in 2016. it was an opportunity to tell the story...
MV Cape Don in News Local
The MV Cape Don recently had an article in News Local featuring some of the pictures from the...
ABC Central West interview with Kia Handley
Listen to my ABC Central West interview here. I speak to Kia Handley about some of the places...
ABC Central West feature
Check out this Lost Collective feature In ABC Central west discussing some of the industries that have been...
Domain interview and picture feature
This Domain feature article was the beginning of a wave of exposure during the infancy of Lost Collective...
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