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]

  1. ^ Or 柴田 訓良, e.g. as photographer of "Tibet", Nippon Camera, July 1997.
  2. ^ a b Profile Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine 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.