Toronto photographer Steven James Brown was born in 1955 to British parents in London, England, and soon after moved to North Battleford, Saskatchewan, where he lived for 12 years until his family relocated to Toronto. Growing up in the starkness of the Prairies definitely cultivated his vivid imagination, which continually feeds him ideas for new work. In 1985 he left his career in the music business to attend the Creative Photography program at Humber College in Toronto. After working for some time as a commercial photographer, he decided to pursue the fine art side of photography where he could express his own ideas instead of someone elses.

Steven does not use photography to document reality, but to alter it. He employs unconventional props and lighting techniques to achieve his intriguing still life colour photographs. His avant-garde style features intriguing subject matter, while remaining simple, iconographic, and vibrant. Steven's photographs are created using 4x5 positive transparency film and a large-format view camera. A cibachrome print is then made from the final transparency. Cibachrome prints are most noted for their long-lasting, superior rich color which, when matted and framed, will retain their vibrancy for a lifetime.

Steven's photographs have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout Toronto, and belong to collectors from Britain, the United States, and Canada.

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