Luka Dakskobler is a documentary photographer and photojournalist from Kranj, Slovenia. He has a BA in English and Journalism from the University of Ljubljana and has been working as a journalist and photojournalist since 1995. He specializes in in-depth stories and news. In his long career, he has worked with many respected magazines, covering culture, entertainment and events, before moving to pressing social and environmental issues, and news coverage.
He was a regular contributor to National Geographic Junior, the magazine’s kids version, for 16 years. He has also produced long-term stories for National Geographic Slovenia and National Geographic Traveler (Slovenia). His news photos are distributed around the world by photo agencies SOPA Images and its partner agencies (Getty Images, Zuma Press, SIPA USA, DPA etc.), and German photo agency Imago. In addition to numerous Slovenian newspapers, magazines, online media and institutions, he has also published in National Geographic Traveler UK, The Guardian, TAZ, Time Magazine, Terre Sauvage, Der Standard, Huffington Post, Stern, Spiegel, Esquire, Business Insider, Variety, The Telegraph, The Atlantic, Newsweek Poland, Smithsonian Magazine, The Times, ORF, Yahoo, Weekend.at, iucn.org, etc. He is also a mentor of documentary photography and an official photographer for several event organizers in Slovenia.