Photographer/artist Misako Oba was born in Japan, now based in New York, and travel often. She has had numerous exhibitions internationally. Magazines and newspapers have published her work and interviewed her about her photography and personal life. Her photographs are in private and corporate collections as well as in public collection such as in Bibliotheque Nationale de France as their permanent collection.

Her early career was in broadcast journalism, including as news presenter on Japanese television both in Japan and in the U.S. Far beyond her responsibilities as a journalist, she engaged in video direction and editing which led to a strong appreciation for the emotive power of visual imagery. This experience became the basis of her photographic career.

When she went to graduate school in the U.S., majoring in broadcasting journalism to broaden her field internationally, she "encountered photography" as a tool of expressing herself and her thoughts on a deeper and more personal level. Since then, Oba has gradually switched her career from broadcasting to photography.

Oba's photography explores human drama as it unfolds in a variety of places, linked with a deep exploration of her own thoughts and emotions. While her work is global in subject matter, her style tends to impose serenity and harmony on visually confusing subjects. This attitude of relating her work to the feelings in her own soul is individual.