Narayan Mahon was born in Maine, grew up in New Mexico and Washington State and is currently based in Seattle, USA. He has a Master’s degree in Photojournalism at the Newhouse School of Pubic Communications. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte with concentrations in Latin American and Eurasian politics. Narayan speaks Spanish, Portuguese and “choot choot” Russian.

Narayan specializes in reportage and travel photography. Narayan has traveled and photographed in nearly 80 countries. He has exhibited work at the Light Works gallery in Syracuse, NY and was a finalist for the Alexia Foundation Grant in 2007. His work has done assignments for the New York Times,The Guardian, Times of London, and USA Today as well as various other newspapers, magazines and online publications, both national and international. Narayan is represented by Polaris Images.