I first met Stuart Hyatt just over a year ago when he drove down to Bloomington to make some portraits with me for his National Geographic Explorer profile. This portrait session led to the unexpected opportunity of photographing and filming his process of making field recordings of endangered Indiana bats to use in the making of his new record. “Ultrasonic” is comprised of 14 songs made by a group of talented musicians all using the echolocations of bats as source material.

I accompanied Stuart and his team as we hiked to protected caves and sites deep in the Indiana woods, learned about his process and the importance of protecting this endangered species and their habitats through his lectures and public “bat walks,” and witnessed a special live performance of the song “Between Hawthorn and Extinction.” Last week this incredible project was featured in The New York Times along with a few of my photos.

I encourage you to listen to this beautiful record and learn more about Stuart’s many projects that celebrate and call attention to fragile ecologies. He is one of the most productive and passionate people I have had the pleasure to work with.

And a special thank you to PRINTtEXT for connecting us and their beautiful design work on the record.