Originally from Rome, Italy, Alex Ardenti immigrated to Wollongong, Australia at the age of three. While his parents were busy opening the family's first restaurant, Alex was taking pictures of the world around him with an instamatic camera he received for his seventh birthday. His dad's super 8mm movie camera soon became his next toy to play with and a whole new world opened up before his eyes. He fell in love with images, still and moving
