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 4-938628-48-1.

Notes

1. ↑ Or 柴田 訓良, e.g. as photographer of "Tibet", Nippon Camera, July 1997.
2. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Exhibition notice for "Pre-Olympic Beijing", Konica Minolta. (in Japanese)
5. ↑ "Shashinka Shibata Noriyoshi" (写真家 柴田のりよし), Capa, August 2008, p.71.
6. 1 2 3 4 Shibata's resume, Shibata's website.
7. ↑ Exhibition notice, Tokyo Art Beat. (in English)
8. ↑ Exhibition notice, Nikon. (in Japanese)
9. ↑ Exhibition notice, Tokyo Art Beat. (in English)

External links

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