(1941 Cantiveros, Ávila)
Hearing the call of photojournalism from a very young age, he joined the Europa Press agency as a press photographer at the age of 17; his famous photos of Che Guevara walking through the Madrid of Franco during his 1959 stay en route to Egypt are from that period. In 1960, Lucas began working in the newspaper Pueblo as a graphic editor. 1965 saw the creation of his own graphic agency: Cosmo Press. Through the agency he sent photos to Twenty Century Fox, United Artists and Metro Goldwyn Mayer, covering their filming in Spain. In those years he photographed stars such as Katharine Hepburn, Brigitte Bardot, Sean Connery, Raquel Welch, Yul Brinner, Romy Schneider, John Lennon, Billy Wilder, Clint Eastwood and Buster Keaton. His images appeared in ABC, Informaciones, Gaceta Ilustrada, Triunfo, Fotogramas, Hola, Semana (Spain) Paris Match, Le Figaro and Marie Claire (France), Oggi, Gente and Novella (Italy), Stern and Bild an Sontag (Germany), Life, Harper's Bazaar, National Enquirer and People (United States).
In 1976 he became part of the founding team of the newspaper El País as Head of Photography, and was appointed Director of the Spanish edition of the magazine Photo. Lucas was key in the creation of the figure of graphic editor in Spain. In 1978 he left El País and signed a contract with Antonio Asensio as Director of Photography of Grupo Zeta. He was published in Interviú (years before he photographed the famous nude of Marisol for the magazine), El Periódico de Cataluña, Penthouse, Tiempo, Panorama and Viajar among others. He is considered a versatile photographer, with extensive experience in various specialties: portrait, nude, journalistic news reporting, travel and much more.
His most notable books are: El oficio de mirar (Lunwerg Publishers) and Cesar Lucas (Photobolsillo, La Fábrica Publishers).