Noriyoshi Shibata

Noriyoshi Shibata or Nori Shibata (柴田 のりよし^[1], Shibata Noriyoshi^?) is a Japanese photographer who specializes in documenting Tibet and China.

Shibata was born in Nagasaki in 1966.^[2] After graduating from Keio University (Tokyo) in 1990 he joined Kyodo News, but he left and turned freelance in 1995.^[2]

Shibata's photographs of Tibet have appeared in his book Tibetans; those of China and Northern Ireland have appeared in photographic magazines.^[3]

Exhibitions

• "Lhasa", Wakita Gallery (Nagoya), 1993.^[4][5]
• "Shangri-La at the End of a Century" (秘境の世紀末). Kodak Photo Salon (Ginza, Tokyo), 1997.^[4][6]
• "The Land of Kesar" (ケサルの楽土). Minolta Photo Space (Shinjuku, Tokyo), 1998.^[4][6]
• "Tibetans". Nikon Salon (Shinjuku, Tokyo), 2005.^[4]
• "Alley Theater in Canton" (広東路地裏劇場). Olympus Gallery (Kanda, Tokyo), 2005.^[4][6]
• "Children from a Village of Acrobats" (雑技の郷の子供たち). Konica Minolta Plaza (Shinjuku, Tokyo), 2007.^[4][7]
• "Back-Street Mandala" (路地裏マンダラ). Nikon Salon (Shinjuku, Tokyo), 2007.^[4][6][8]
• "Pre-Olympic Beijing" (五輪前 北京). Konica Minolta Plaza (Shinjuku, Tokyo), 2008.^[4][9]

Book

• Tibetans. Hakodate: Mole, 2002. ISBN 4938628481.

Notes

1. ^ Or 柴田 訓良, e.g. as photographer of "Tibet", Nippon Camera, July 1997.
2. ^ ^{a b} Profile at Shibata's website.
3. ^ China: 広東路地裏劇場 (Kwanton Back Street), Nippon Camera, May　2005; 時の匂い・人の匂い (Everyday life in back streets, China), Asahi Camera, August 2007. Northern Ireland: ベルファスト (Belfast-Catholic District), Asahi Camera, October 1996.
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Exhibition notice for "Pre-Olympic Beijing", Konica Minolta. (Japanese)
5. ^ "Shashinka Shibata Noriyoshi" (写真家 柴田のりよし), Capa, August 2008, p.71.
6. ^ ^{a b c d} Shibata's resume, Shibata's website.
7. ^ Exhibition notice, Tokyo Art Beat. (English)
8. ^ Exhibition notice, Nikon. (Japanese)
9. ^ Exhibition notice, Tokyo Art Beat. (English)

External links

• Shibata's website (English)
• Shibata's website (Japanese)
• Shibata's blog (Japanese)
• Shibata's work on printing-out paper, alternativephotography.com (English)

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