__NOTOC__ is a Japanese photographer who specializes in documenting Tibet and China.
Shibata was born in Nagasaki in 1966.Profile at Shibata's website. After graduating from Keio University (Tokyo) in 1990 he joined Kyodo News, 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.China: (Kwanton Back Street), Nippon Camera, May 2005; (Everyday life in back streets, China), Asahi Camera, August 2007. Northern Ireland: (Belfast-Catholic District), Asahi Camera, October 1996.
Exhibitions "Lhasa", Wakita Gallery (Nagoya), 1993.Exhibition notice for "Pre-Olympic Beijing", Konica Minolta. "Shashinka Shibata Noriyoshi" (), Capa, August 2008, p.71. "Shangri-La at the End of a Century" (). Kodak Photo Salon (Ginza, Tokyo), 1997.Shibata's resume , Shibata's website. "The Land of Kesar" (). Minolta Photo Space (Shinjuku, Tokyo), 1998. "Tibetans". Nikon Salon (Shinjuku, Tokyo), 2005. "Alley Theater in Canton" (). Olympus Gallery (Kanda, Tokyo), 2005. "Children from a Village of Acrobats" (). Konica Minolta Plaza (Shinjuku, Tokyo), 2007.Exhibition notice, Tokyo Art Beat. "Back-Street Mandala" (). Nikon Salon (Shinjuku, Tokyo), 2007.Exhibition notice, Nikon. "Pre-Olympic Beijing" (). Konica Minolta Plaza (Shinjuku, Tokyo), 2008.Exhibition notice, Tokyo Art Beat.
Book Tibetans. Hakodate: Mole, 2002. .
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