Solomons studied documentary photography in Newport between 1993 and 1996. His first major piece of work, Underground, depicting people using the London Underground, was completed during his studies in Newport but not published for fifteen years.
During this period he changed from primarily photographing in black and white to the colour work he is mostly known foreign Solo exhibitions Happenstance, Oxford House, London (November 2009) Up West, Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff (March 2010) Number Smoking, Underground Gallery, London (May/June 2012).
He is a member of the In-Public street photography collective, having joined in 2008. Included 14 In-Public members of the 29 photographers included.
