Osamu Funao was born in 1960 Kobe city Japan.
Graduated Tsukuba University faculty of biology in 1984.

Be craxy about rock climbing & mountaineering during in his twenties and have traveld all over the world to look for the big wall & high mountains. He has a lot of climbing record in Japan.

During traveling Africa for two years, he awakened the possibility of photography. Then became a photographer and continue his work for documentary photographs until now.

His main work is such as
[ Pygmy, The Forest People],
[ Pakistan Earthquake],
[ Omo natural fashion],
[KAMISAMA HOTOKESAMA, The spiritual origine of Japanese] ,
[ The great Indus river] etc.

He received a prize of
SAGAMIHARA NEW PHOTOGRAPHER AWARD 2009
HAYASHI TADAHIKO AWARD 2016
​SAGAMIHARA PHOTO AWARD 2016

And also published many books in Japan.
Living in Oita countryside of Japan with his family and enjoy organic agricultural life.

Books from Osamu FUNAO