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In-depth location histories told through original photography and primary research.
Series Story IKESHIMA SEP 2026
Ikeshima: You can go, but you can't come back
One day on Ikeshima, the last large-scale coal mine in Japan, told from the ticket queue at Kōnoura to the 5 PM ferry off the island. Shot on a Nikon...
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...
29 photographs · 12 min read
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 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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Domain interview and picture feature
This Domain feature article was the beginning of a wave of exposure during the infancy of Lost Collective...
L'Usine Nouvelle magazine feature
French industry magazine L'usine Nouvelle recently featured Lost Collective. I'm not entirely sure what the article says, but...
Photographer Captures Nature Reclaiming (Creators)
Creators reached out for an interview in February, so we had a chat about all things Lost Collective,...
Industrial Relics are the Focus (Curbed)
Curbed called all the way from New York to talk with to me about Lost Collective and shooting...
On ABC Radio National with Cassie McCullagh
This ABC Radio National interview with Cassie McCullagh was my first interview discussing Lost Collective and the attraction...
Power Outage in Yen Magazine
Yen Magazine was one of the first publishers ever to talk to me about Lost Collective, which is...
iGNANT profile feature
Online art magazine iGNANT got in touch early 2016 to talk about Lost Collective. Another amazing publication who...
Macquarie Boys Technology High in the Daily Mail
Macquarie Boys Technology High has been left to decay since its closure in 2009. Once a place of...
White Bay Power Station in Capture Magazine
Discover how my rare access to Sydney’s White Bay Power Station led to my first feature in Capture...
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