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Born | L Ramachandran November 11, 1979 Valangaiman, Thiruvarur, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Photographer Cinematographer |
Known for | Fashion, celebrity, and art photography Cinematography |
Website | lramachandran |
L Ramachandran (born November 11, 1979) is an internationally known photographer and artist.[1][2][3][4] He worked for magazines such as Playboy & Maxim and authored five photography books.[5] L Ramachandran received an honorable doctorate degree from The International Tamil University USA.[6] In 2019, he made a Guinness World record with his team for the most faces painted in four hours.[7][8][9]
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.
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.[10]
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.[11][12] Jarmo Pohjaniemi[13] got impressed by the photography skills of L Ramachandran and taught him advanced photography.[14][15] After several rounds, the institute announced L Ramachandran as the first Indian Playboy magazine photographer.[16] After that he worked with many playmates and international photographers. His work was published in Playboy and other magazines.[17][18] Notable recent work The Artist Photoshoot with Vijay Sethupathi,[19][20] Human Emotions During Lockdown Photoshoot with Vijay Sethupathi,[21] Street Artist Calendar Photoshoot with Vijay Sethupathi[22] and Man of Fusion Photoshoot.[23]
Gallery | Country | Year |
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Bangkok Art Fair | Bangkok | 2013 |
Artapart Fair 5th Edition | Singapore | 2014 |
Busan International Art Fair | Korea | 2015 |
Seoul International Art Fair | Korea | 2015 |
Singapore Bank Art Fair | Singapore | 2015 |
Gwanngju ‘15 Art Fair | Korea | 2015 |
Coex Hall 34th Korea Galleries Art Fair | Seoul | 2016 |
Top 60 Master's Contemporary Art Exhibition | Italy | 2017 |
L Ramachandran's Art Photography | Croatia | 2017 |
Melodrama of Melting Mesmerism[24] | India | 2017 |
Solo Gallery Exhibition- LRC Art Photography | Croatia | 2017 |
Medley of Art Exhibition[25] | India | 2018 |
Solo Exhibition Chohyung Gallery | South Korea | 2019 |
Human Art Festival | South Korea | 2019 |
Art Gwangju Gallery | South Korea | 2019 |
Chennai To Madras | India, Chennai | 2020 |