Luca Sage (b.1973) was born in Surrey and gained a 2:1 in Social Anthropology before he studied Photography at the University of Brighton and gained a first class honours degree. During his studies managed to be selected for the prestigious Schweppes Portrait Prize 2003 (and 2007 and 2008). He was also runner up in both the Fujifilm Student Awards 2004 and the Spectrum Student Awards 2002.
Since leaving college in 2004 Luca Sage has been regularly commissioned by magazines such as The Saturday Telegraph, The Guardian, The Sunday Independent and Monocle Magazine. Luca Sage has been shortlisted for the National Portrait Prize in 2007 and 2008.
His documentary projects have taken him to Cote d’Ivorie, India, Lithuania, Malawi, Northern Ireland and Serbia. His diverse interests include everything from nuclear bunkers and secret police tourist attractions to Indian matrimonial dating agencies.
Luca Sage specializes in both landscapes and portraiture.
Since 2006 Luca Sage has been a member of Young Photographers United, a global collective for new creatives.