Seto Wardhana—popularly called Awo— was born in Jakarta on 2 November 1984. He graduated from the faculty of law at the University of Indonesia and learnt journalistic photography at Galeri Foto Jurnalistik Antara from 2007 to 2008.

Awo worked with TEMPO in a 2010—2014 period before he moved to The Jakarta Post daily, where he has worked until today.