From Capture in 2015 to The Guardian in 2019. Three broadcasters between.

PANDORA Electronic Archive

lostcollective.com has been continuously archived in PANDORA, the National Library of Australia's selective web archive, since 26 April 2016. The programme archives websites assessed by librarians as having ongoing research or cultural significance. Not an automated crawl; a curatorial selection.

State Heritage Register · SHR 01014 · Reference Citation

Cited as a reference in the HMS record for Wangi Power Station Complex (SHR 01014), the NSW State Heritage Register entry for the site. The citation sits in the record's "References and Internet Links" section alongside the Conservation Management Plans commissioned by the Electricity Commission of NSW.

Arts & Design / Photo Essay

A full photo essay in The Guardian's Arts & Design section, placing the work in the context of Sydney's industrial legacy and the race to document what remains.

Arts & Culture

"The scene is bleak and haunting for photographer Brett Patman, whose new project aims to capture historical abandoned buildings before they're gone."

One of the first international features on Lost Collective, published when the project was three months old. Covered by Vice's arts and culture vertical across Australia and internationally.

Arts & Design

An in-depth piece on the motivations behind Lost Collective: community reactions, first-hand accounts from people who worked and lived in the places photographed, and what drives the documentation of spaces that would otherwise vanish without record.

Photography Press

"Brett Patman may well be the luckiest person in Sydney. With a $2 billion transformation in the works, the historical value of this series is only set to grow."

The first publication to feature Lost Collective. The interview centred on White Bay Power Station. Australia's leading professional photography publication.

Feature article · Sue Williams

Two features in the Sydney Morning Herald covering the Lost Collective archive. The 18 February 2016 feature by Sue Williams (“Buildings abandoned but not forgotten”, page 14) is documented in the National Library of Australia’s Trove archive. The second feature is pending verification from the print copy.

Arts & Culture

Coverage of the Hotel Motel 101 series, alongside Broadsheet, Suitcase Mag, and the Daily Mail.

Arts & Culture / Profile

"Brett has been taking photos for well over a decade, capturing the eerie beauty of places long forgotten by humans and time."

An interview profile of Brett Patman and Lost Collective, featuring photographs from Kuwashima Hospital, Family School Fureai, and Kinugawa Kan. Covers the project's origins in 2011, the move from city skylines to abandoned industrial sites, and the experience of working in environments Brett knew first-hand from twenty years in industrial trades.

International / Travel feature

An international feature on Lost Collective for CNN's Travel desk, with an accompanying photo gallery covering White Bay, Wangi, Hotel Motel 101, and other major series.

Berlin / Culture & design

An early European feature from the Berlin-based culture and design magazine, centred on the visual scope of the project and its place in the wider practice of documenting overlooked architecture.

UK / Travel & culture · "Transient Lives: Hotel Motel 101"

The UK travel and culture magazine ran the Hotel Motel 101 series with a focus on road-trip culture and the slow disappearance of the great Australian motel.

Interview · "Left for Ruins"

An interview-format profile covering the early years of Lost Collective, the approach to research and access, and the first Japan trip that took the project beyond Australia.

Interview · "Meet the Others: Brett Patman"

An interview by Maya Mulvey-Santana for Saatchi Art's editorial channel, published ahead of Lost Collective's appearance at The Other Art Fair Sydney in December 2022. Covers the tradesman-to-photographer turn, the catalyst behind the project, and the work shown at the fair.

Friday Feature · "Brett Patman: Hotel Motel 101"

A Friday Feature interview with Gergo Farkas covering the Hotel Motel 101 process: how it started during an episode of Mindhunter, how the list was built (motel into Google Maps, run a direction, drive), and the encounter with the security guard who insisted the front sign was private property.

Television

A television feature exploring the Lost Collective archive and the decade-long project to document Sydney's abandoned places before demolition or development removes them permanently.

Radio interview

A conversation with Cassie McCullagh exploring the ethics and motivations of urban exploration, and what drives photographers to document forgotten spaces. Recorded alongside Tim Frawley from Abandoned Australia.

Radio

An interview with Sarah Mashman on the project's approach to community history and heritage documentation, covering the Terminus Hotel series.

Radio

Multiple interviews with Kia Handley covering the Regional NSW series, including Blayney Abattoir, Bathurst Gasworks, and Kandos Cement Works.

Radio interview

A conversation on Radio New Zealand's mid-morning current affairs programme on the visual power of abandoned buildings and the role of documentary photography in heritage preservation.

Sydney community radio · "Capturing Sydney's abandoned buildings"

An interview with Sydney community radio station 2SER on the methodology behind documenting abandoned places, and the role local stations play in helping niche photographic projects find their early audience.

Photography press / "Lost and Found"

Featured by Nikon Australia's photography community platform, with a focus on the Japan series and the role of technical craft in long-exposure, low-light architectural photography.

Wally & Amanda Koval · Foreword by Wes Anderson · Voracious / Hachette

"In its fifty-four years of active service, the Jincumbilly railroad siding never needed to expand."

The book features a photograph of Jincumbilly Station on page 300. The station was a one-room timber siding on the Bombala Railway Line, serviced twice a day for three days a week from 1921 until the line officially closed in 1986. Jincumbilly itself had zero residents at the 2016 census. Adventures is a New York Times bestseller and the second volume in the Koval series after the original 2020 book.

Saatchi Art · July (Barangaroo Reserve) and December (The Cutaway)

Two consecutive editions of The Other Art Fair Sydney. Work shown included White Bay Power Station, Kandos Cement Works, the Terminus Hotel, the Ashio Copper Mine, and the Kinugawa Kan Ryokan in Japan. The Other Art Fair runs in eight cities globally and is curated by Saatchi Art.

The Ethics Centre × Vivid Ideas · Museum of Contemporary Art

A panel conversation on how artists manage ethical dilemmas in their work, presented by The Ethics Centre as part of Vivid Sydney. The line-up was rapper Mirrah, tattooist Sasha Brandt, street artist Scott Marsh, and Brett, who spoke on the legal and moral lines that come with photographing privately-owned heritage sites.