Tomi Saputra, born in Lintau, West Sumatera Province in 1 January 1990, at his childhood very interested in literature, when attended senior high school he began to know photography in 2005 along with the vga camera on the symbian phone started to become popular. in 2010, while he studied visual communication design at "Universitas Komputer Indonesia" (UNIKOM) bandung, he got involved more serious in photography.
In 2016, he achieved EyeEm award 2016, finalist for the category The Photojournalism, the chosen work at this event was showed in an exhibition in Berlin, Germany and became the part of year book of the EyeEm Award 2016 event.