Oscar Motuloh was born on 17 August 1959 in Surabaya, East Java.

[1] He started his journalism career as a reporter at Antara (Indonesian News Agency) in 1988.

[1] Two years later he was assigned to the Press Photo Division and directed that division (1990-2009).

He teaches photojournalism across Indonesia.

On 18 September 2019, He was awarded Empu Ageng (equivalent to Doctor Honoris Causa) from Indonesia Institute of The Arts, Yogyakarta.