Ukrainian photographer Sasha Maslov has photographed newly elected New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, 34, according to an Instagram post on Maslov's page.
Mamdani became one of the youngest mayors in US history and the first Muslim to hold the position. He represents the left wing of the Democratic Party.
"We have a new mayor, friends!," Maslov captioned the photographs.
Mamdani was born in Uganda to Columbia University professor Mahmood Mamdani and Indian filmmaker Mira Nair. He moved to New York with his family at age 7.
His first job involved consulting on foreclosure prevention. In 2020, Mamdani ran for the New York State Assembly, the lower chamber of the state legislature, where he became the first man of South Asian descent to serve.
The new mayor previously released rap tracks under the stage name Mr. Cardamom.
Maslov, 41, is originally from Kharkiv. He developed an interest in photography as a child, learning from his father Gennadiy Maslov, a representative of the Kharkiv School of Photography from the "Derzhprom" group. He later attended classes at the city's Palace of Children and Youth Creativity, where Oleg Shishkov taught.
In 2008, he moved to New York, where he continues to live.
Maslov has worked between New York and Kyiv for an extended period. His photographs have illustrated articles in The Washington Post, Financial Times, Zeit, The New York Times, and numerous other international publications. The photographer has held exhibitions in various countries worldwide.
Since the start of the full-scale war, Maslov has been documenting people who remain in Ukraine, work there, fight, and provide assistance. His recent work includes a Financial Times shoot about Kharkiv businesses resisting Russian shelling, coverage of a prisoner exchange, and photographs of military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov for French newspaper Liberation.
Maslov's portfolio includes three book projects: Veterans: Faces of World War II (2017), featuring portraits of World War II veterans from different countries; Ukrainian Railroad Ladies (2020), about women working on the railway; and Saints (2024), a documentary project about the Russo-Ukrainian war.
