__NOTOC__ is a Japanese photographer who specializes in documenting Tibet and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. Shibata was born in Nagasaki in 1966.Profile
at Shibata's website. After graduating from

Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endowmen ...

(Tokyo) in 1990 he joined

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, but he left and turned freelance in 1995. Shibata's photographs of Tibet have appeared in his book ''Tibetans''; those of China and Northern Ireland have appeared in photographic magazines.

Exhibitions

*"Lhasa", Wakita Gallery ( Nagoya), 1993.Exhibition notice
for "Pre-Olympic Beijing", Konica Minolta. *"Shangri-La at the End of a Century" (). Kodak Photo Salon (

Ginza Ginza ( ; ja, 銀座 ) is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi. It is a popular upscale shopping area of Tokyo, with numerous intern ...

, Tokyo), 1997.Shibata's resume
, Shibata's website. *"The Land of Kesar" (). Minolta Photo Space (

Shinjuku is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...

, Tokyo), 1998. *"Tibetans".

Nikon Salon is the name given to exhibition spaces and activities run by Nikon in Japan. The Ginza Nikon Salon (in Ginza, Tokyo) opened in January 1968 (with an exhibition of work by Ihei Kimura) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Nippon Kōgaku (later ren ...

(Shinjuku, Tokyo), 2005. *"Alley Theater in Canton" (). Olympus Gallery ( Kanda, Tokyo), 2005. *"Children from a Village of Acrobats" (). Konica Minolta Plaza (Shinjuku, Tokyo), 2007. *"Back-Street Mandala" ().

(Shinjuku, Tokyo), 2007. *"Pre-Olympic Beijing" (). Konica Minolta Plaza (Shinjuku, Tokyo), 2008.Exhibition notice
Tokyo Art Beat.

Book

*''Tibetans.'' Hakodate: Mole, 2002. .

Notes

External links

Shibata's website

Shibata's website

Shibata's blog

Shibata's work on printing-out paper
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