Sumio Harada

Sumio Harada (born 1960) is a Japanese wildlife photographer, author, public speaker, and conservationist.

Early life Harada was born in 1960 in Japan. His interest in photography began when he joined his high school's photography club at the age of 16. Harada attended the Tokyo University of Agriculture where he studied biology. It was during this period of time when Harada began photographing the serow, a distant relative of mountain goats.

Personal life In 1994, Harada relocated to West Glacier, Montana with his wife Kumi and daughter Moyu. In 2005, Harada was granted U.S. permanent resident status.

In 1995, his work was first widely circulated when his photographs were published in an issue of National Geographic.