L Ramachandran

L Ramachandran (born November 11, 1979) is an internationally known photographer and artist. He worked for magazines such as Playboy & Maxim and authored five photography books. L Ramachandran received an honorable doctorate degree from The International Tamil University USA. In 2019, he made a Guinness World record with his team for the most faces painted in four hours.

Early life
L Ramchandran was born on November 11, 1979, in Valangaiman, a small town in the Valangaimantaluk of Thiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He joined Fine Arts College of Kumbakonam.

Career
L Ramachandran started his career as an assistant painter and created banners for products and films. He moved to Chennai and got an opportunity to work in the medicine. He found an opportunity to work in a film company to design logos and promotional content. He discovered his interest in photography and started to teach himself the trade. L Ramachandran started his own advertisement agency, Tharansia.

L Ramachandran did shoots for celebrities and national brands. He attended a seminar in Miami and was selected to participate for Playboy magazine. He met Jarmo Pohjaniemi who was the CEO for Shoot the Centrefold. Jarmo Pohjaniemi got impressed by the photography skills of L Ramachandran and taught him advanced photography. After several rounds, the institute announced L Ramachandran as the first Indian Playboy magazine photographer. After that he worked with many playmates and international photographers. His work was published in Playboy and other magazines. Notable recent work The Artist Photoshoot with Vijay Sethupathi, Human Emotions During Lockdown Photoshoot with Vijay Sethupathi, Street Artist Calendar Photoshoot with Vijay Sethupathi and Man of Fusion Photoshoot.

Books

 * Home of Chess
 * Chennai To Madras
 * Medley of Art
 * Queen of Fantasy
 * Apsaras
 * Ethereal of light
 * Choreographing the chiaroscuro

Awards

 * IPA – International photography award – 2011 Los Angeles
 * Photographer's forum magazine – 2011 United States
 * STC best student award – 2012 United States
 * STC best student award – 2013 Santorini
 * TEA award – 2013 India
 * STC beat lighting (Hensel) – 2014 Miami
 * HP award – 2016
 * B&W spider award – 2016
 * ATIM's Top 60 Masters’ contemporary artist award – 2017
 * B&W Spider Award – 2017
 * PX3 Award – 2017
 * TIFA Award – 2017 Silver winner
 * Honourable Doctorate from International Tamil University – 2018
 * Honourable Doctorate from St.Andrews Theological University – 2019
 * Behind the Success of Transgender Special Award - 2019
 * London Photography Awards (Poetry in Motions - People Photography) - 2022