生于迈阿密，成长于纽约和德黑兰两地，在从事彩色暗房制作时，师从于Philip-Lorca diCorcia和Albert Watson，从第一次为《Time Out New York》完成摄影任务，到今天，他已经为诸如《名利场》，《细节》，《紫色》以及《纽约时代》等著名杂志掌镜，并为“古琦”，“赛琳”，“大众”等品牌拍摄广告。

Alexei Hay的摄影风格，刚硬优雅，真实而强势，画面富于力量与质感。多年来赢得了很多名人的亲睐与信任，成为他的忠实客户。并勇于实现诸如全景技术的适用与创新。

他现居住于纽约。

Miami born photographer Alexei Hay was raised between New York and Tehran. The Brown alum got his start assisting photographers Philip Lorca DiCorcia and Albert Watson while working as a color printer.

Since first cutting his teeth on photo assignments for Time Out New York, Hay has gone on to work for magazines such as Vanity Fair, Details, Purple and The New York Times Magazine. He has also been commissioned to shoot campaigns for Gucci, Celine, Sonia Rykiel, Diane von Furstenberg and Volkswagen.

Alexei has built a comprehensive list of celebrity clients over the years, including the likes of Prince, Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé, 50 Cent, Sienna Miller, Donatella Versace, Perry Farrell, Natalie Portman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kirsten Dunst, Mariah Carey, Robert Duvall, Charlotte Gainsbourg, John Waters, Janet Jackson, Tom Ford, Bjork, David Bowie, Benicio del Toro, Robert Smith and Dennis Hopper.

Hay has tried his hand at war correspondence and worked with the pioneers of panoramic technology, the Globus Brothers, on building new types of cameras with esoteric applications.

He currently resides in New York.