Fumio Nabata
Photographer

Live in Ikeda-city, Osaka, Japan.
Feeling of happiness of when people have children and raising them is a main theme of my works. Have taken pictures of children for company calendars and magazines. Also work as a lecturer. Currently I take pictures of children with disabilities as my lifetime’s work.

A Member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society.
A Member of the Japan Advertising Photographers' Association.

●Award

A Grand-prize Minister of the Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science & Technology winner in 2009 and seven time winner of the APA Award, sponsored by the Japan Advertising Photographers' Association.
Winner of the JPS Award, sponsored by the Japan Professional Photographers Society.
Honorable Mention of the Art of Photography Show 2011(US).
APA Award 2009The Art of Photography Show 2011(SanDiego,US)The Art of Photography Show 2011(SanDiego,US)

●Photo Exhibitions

2018: "Positive Energies" in OXO Gallery in London.
(Exhibited the artwork on the theme of children with Down syndrome.)
Photo exhibition in London
2010: Private exhibition
“Be Loved- The Joy of Children in Japan” In New York / Tokyo / Osaka
(Exhibited the Photos of Japanese little children which gives positive energies and hopes for the people who have little children.)
Private exhibition 2010 in NewYork. Photo by Michihiro Kawamura by Yomiuri Shinbun

●Lecture

2018 at the Swedenborg Society in London.
Symposium hosted by Japan Society “Positive Energies: Social inclusion of children with disabilities. A talk with parents, teachers and photographers. “
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2018 at the Abeno-City Citizen Learning Centre in Osaka
The Panel Discussions hosted by Osaka US Club.
"The Photo Exhibition "Positive Energies" Pre-event ～Toward the Society where to live together～“


2010~2013 at the Nikon Booth in the CP+ (an international "comprehensive camera and photo imaging show"), Sponsored by the Nikon Imaging Japan Inc.

●Works

Featured in Digital Camera Magazine and PHP, amongst others.

Corporate Calendars.
Fujifilm Corporation, 2010~'20,
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2001 and 2005~2020,
Tanabe Pharma Corporation. 2001~'03, and '05,'08,'09,'11~'19, Corporate Calendar.

Posters.
Japan Industrial Safety & Health Association. 2002 and '05~'20, Corporate Poster.
Benesse Corporation 2012, Poster.

Brochures.
NikonD3300 BrochuresNikon DSR Camera D3300, D3200, D5100

Books.
Textbook of the World's Most Easy-to-Understand Digital Single-Lens Reflex Camera and Photos "How to Take Pictures of Happiness Children Photographs"