Photographer: Tom Reese, Seattle, Washington Image Title: Mystery on the Wing Category: Wildlife   Technical Details: Hasselblad 500CM, 150mm lens, Fuji 100 negative film, exposure unrecorded Location: Studio, Seattle Description: Bats are still largely a mystery, even to scientists around the world. To love a bat, as many do, you have to get beyond appearances and centuries of cultural myths. This is a Townsend's Big-Eared bat, with its delicate, paper-thin wings that are really webbed hands. Photographed in a studio for the cover of a Seattle Times Sunday magazine story (© Seattle Times).     Tom Reese is a photojournalist whose background includes reporting, picture editing, page design and editing graphics. As staff photographer for The Seattle Times, he tells stories about people involved in the news and in daily life. Some of his best pictures explore the place of humans in the natural world.   His work is published nationally and internationally in magazines, books, and other newspapers and on the web. He has been recognized with awards from the World Press Photo Foundation, the Pictures of the Year, The Associated Press, the Society of Professional Journalists, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society of Newspaper Design and the Northwest Exhibition of Environmental Photography. He is a regular judge for the Global Health Council photography awards.   Tom Reese Phone: 206-329-6549 E-mail: treese@seattletimes.com   Return to 2003 Galleries | Return to 2003 Wildlife Gallery     Home | Contact Us | Copyright