Born into a Slovak-Russian-Italian family, Alexander grew up in Prague. As a teenager, he became captivated by the art of Photography, which lead him to the USA where he won a full scholarship to study photography at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh (AIP). He returned to Europe to embark on a career as a professional photographer in 2000, shooting for many international magazines. In 2002, he won First Prize in the most prestigious Czech journalist photography contest, the Czech Press Photo Awards . Then after a year working in Amsterdam, he returned to Prague, shooting for brands such as Nike, Pilsner Urqell, Raiffeisen, Skoda auto, Samsung, AVG, Ed Hardy and for magazines including Esquire, Elle, FHM, Newsweek, Dolce Vita, Magnus , as well as many others
