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and

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. Shibata was born in

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

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(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 (

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

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

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, Tokyo), 1998. *"Tibetans".

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(Shinjuku, Tokyo), 2005. *"Alley Theater in Canton" (). Olympus Gallery (

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, 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
alternativephotography.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Shibata, Nori Japanese photographers Photography in China People from Nagasaki 1966 births Living people Keio University alumni