A key part of what I want to do with this project is photograph people living on the fringes of society or in remote parts of the region, people who are already in some capacity preparing for the break-down of civilization. For me I think one of the fascinating things about climate change is that we collectively carry on with our daily lives when we really don’t know how quickly the change in climate will impact on our lives. We can easily dismiss those preparing already as eccentric or paranoid, but what if they are just well organized?

EvH: Can you please tell us about one or two of your favorite images from the project, and the situation surrounding them?

CB: There’s a picture in my project Between Two Mysteries of a man called Mike. Mike was a Vietnam veteran and 28 years into his recovery from heroin addiction. I took the picture at his house in Sweet Home, Oregon. Why I like it is because it really represents what I want to achieve in all my photographs. That is, that it’s made from spending several hours getting to know him, listening to his stories, making a connection and then taking the picture. That portrait really captures Mike for me and reminds me of playing guitar with him, picking apples in his garden and eating spaghetti meatballs in his living room. His whole life story is fascinating and if I can take a picture that somehow comes close to honoring that then I’m happy.