He has traveled the United States extensively to photograph over the last ten years. Hatleberg received his MFA from Yale University. He has had numerous exhibitions, notably at Higher Pictures and Fraenkel Gallery. Hatleberg is the recipient of a Magnum Emergency Fund and an Aaron Siskind Grant. His photographs are included in a number of private and public collections, including the Center for Contemporary Photography, the Yale University Museum of Art, the Williams College Museum of Art, and the Davison Art Center at Wesleyan University.