Born and raised in southern China, Amy Luo obtained her Master's degree in Film Studies at the University of Edinburgh and went on to further her research at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Since her graduation, Luo has been engaged with feature film projects, documentaries as well as news reportages both in China and abroad.

In 2015, Luo graduated from the International Centre of Photography (ICP) in New York. She was the recipient of the 2015 Rita K. Hillman Award for Excellence, ICP. Since then, her work has been exhibited and published internationally. Luo has been cited with a number of awards for her series “Dreams” including being placed as a finalist for Fine Art photography in the first edition of the Magnum Photography Awards in 2016. The series has been selected by the American Photography (AP 33). Her fine art series from Tibet has won the 2017 IPA awards and PDN Faces First Place Winner. The series has been selected for the 2017 Photolucida TOP 50 list. Her documentary series The Dongting Lake People has been published by the Photograph Magazine, with a review by editor, curator and art critic Elisabeth Biondi.