L Ramachandran
L Ramachandran (born November 11, 1979) is an internationally known photographer and artist. He worked for magazines such as "Playboy" and "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, however he was not  able to complete his studies due to his poor financial condition. 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.