Narayan Mahon is a photojournalist based in Istanbul, Turkey. Narayan earned his Master’s degree in Photojournalism at Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public 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 functional Russian.

Narayan specializes in reportage and travel photography and has traveled and photographed in nearly 80 countries. Narayan was a participant in the prestigious Eddie Adams Workshop Barnstorm XX in 2007. He has exhibited work at the Light Works gallery in Syracuse, NY and was a finalist for the Alexia Foundation Grant in 2007. Narayan has been published in The New York Times, The Guardian, Times of London, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times and ESPN.com as well as various other newspapers, magazines and online publications, both national and international. Narayan is represented by Polaris Images and is available for assignments worldwide.