Robert M. Brown, Jr. was born on the wind-whipped foothills of the Rocky Mountains. He was raised in a tiny town on the American steppes. Only when he left for Doane College did have his first opportunity to explore beyond the prairie grass. He grew up loving science. He earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry, with an emphasis on analytical chemistry, so he mastered computers, electronics, optics and light. Work assignments took him to Armenia, Belarus, Japan, Mongolia, Russia, Ukraine, U.A.E., and everywhere he took photographs. His work has exhibited in the U.S.A., U.K., Russia, Armenia, and other locations.