Born in 1985, Vasantha Yogananthan lives and works in Paris. In 2014, he co-founded the publishing house Chose Commune and published his first book, Piémanson, which was nominated for MACK First Book Award and Kassel Best Book of the Year.

In 2015, Vasantha Yogananthan was the recipient of the IdeasTap/Magnum Photos Award (category international) to help him fund A Myth of Two Souls, his 7-book project on the Ramayana in India. In 2016, he was awarded the Prix Levallois. In 2017, he was awarded an ICP Infinity Award as Emerging Photographer of the Year, and was selected among the 20 FOAM Talents.

Bookmaking and editing is central to his work and he considers the photobook to be his primary medium for research into original narrative approaches. A Myth of Two Souls will be published into 7 books.