David Solomons (photographer)

Solomons studied documentary photography at the University of South Wales in Newport between 1993 and 1996.{{cite web |url=http://www.davidsolomons.com/about.php |title=David Solmons - About |accessdate=2010-09-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625062100/http://www.davidsolomons.com/about.php |archivedate=2009-06-25 }}{{cite web|url = http://paulrussellinfo.blogspot.com/2007/01/up-and-coming-david-solomons.html|title = Up and coming? David Solomons|accessdate = 2010-09-13}} During this period he changed from primarily photographing in black and white to the colour work he is mostly known for. 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.

He was a member of the In-Public street photography collective, having joined in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.in-public.com/news/2008/1/welcome_david_solomons |title=In-Public - News - Welcome David Solomons |accessdate=2010-09-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123112233/http://in-public.com/news/2008/1/welcome_david_solomons |archivedate=2010-11-23 }}

• Underground. London: Bump, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-9560320-0-3}}. Edition of 100 copies.
• Underground Vol.1 & 2. London: Bump, 2021. Two volumes. With a text by Joni Karanka. Edition of 200 copies.
• Happenstance: Black and White Photographs: 1990–2007. London: Bump, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-9560320-1-0}}. Edition of 200 copies.
• Up West. London: Bump, 2015. {{ISBN|978-0-9560320-2-7}}. With an introduction by David Gibson. Edition of 1000 copies.
• M11 Link Road Protest. Southport, Merseyside: Café Royal Books, 2016. Edition of 200 copies.The publisher's page about this is [http://www.caferoyalbooks.com/#/m11-link-road-protest-david-solomons-180216-600/ here].
• Kippers and Curtains: London Bits and Bobs 1995 – 2018. London: Bump, 2018. {{ISBN|978-0-9560320-4-1}}.
• No Smoking. London: Bump, 2018. {{ISBN|978-0-9560320-3-4}}.
• The League of Bald Headed Men. London: Bump, 2019. Edition of 100 copies.
• Updated and expanded second edition. London: Bump, 2020. Edition of 100 copies.
• Forty Winks. London: Bump, 2020. Edition of 100 copies.
• Updated Second edition. London: Bump, 2020. Edition of 100 copies.
• London 1989-1995. London: Bump, 2020. Edition of 150 copies.
• London 1996-2001. London: Bump, 2020. Edition of 150 copies.
• Wales 1993-1995. London: Bump, 2020. Edition of 150 copies.
• Athens 1995. London: Bump, 2020. Edition of 150 copies.
• Brazil. London: Bump, 2020. Edition of 150 copies.
• The English Seaside 1995. London: Bump, 2020. Edition of 150 copies.
• Phone Booth. London: Bump, 2020. Edition of 100 copies.

• 10 – 10 Years of In-Public. London: Nick Turpin, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-9563322-1-9}}.The publisher's page about this is [http://nickturpinpublishing.com/index.php?/books/10--10-years-of-in-public/ here].
• London Street Photography 1860–2010. London: Museum of London, 2011. {{ISBN|978-1-907893-03-2}}.
• The Street Photographer's Manual. London: Thames & Hudson, 2014. {{ISBN|978-0-500-29130-6}}. By David Gibson. Includes a chapter on Solomons.
• 100 Great Street Photographs. Munich, London, New York: Prestel, 2017. By David Gibson. {{ISBN|978-3791383132}}. Contains a commentary on and a photograph by Solomons.

• Happenstance, Oxford House, London, November 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordhouse.org.uk/template.php?ID=78 |title=David Solomons: Happenstance |accessdate=2010-09-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725093819/http://www.oxfordhouse.org.uk/template.php?ID=78 |archivedate=2011-07-25 }}{{cite web|url = http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/happenstance-photographer-david-solomons-retrospective-opens-in-london/5210434.article | last = Chivers | first = Hayley | date = 4 November 2009 | accessdate = 8 January 2012 | publisher= The Architects' Journal | title = Happenstance: Photographer David Solomons' retrospective opens in London | quote = "The London photographer David Solomons’ first solo retrospective is now open at the Oxford House Gallery in East London"}}
• Up West, Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff, Wales, March 2010.{{cite web|url = http://www.artcardiff.com/website.cgi?place=features&id=1615|title = David Solomons: Up West|accessdate = 2010-09-12|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100327053512/http://www.artcardiff.com/website.cgi?place=features&id=1615|archive-date = 2010-03-27|url-status = dead}}
• No Smoking, Underground Gallery, London, May–June 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.undergroundgallery.co.uk/#/past/4563136006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926083454/http://www.undergroundgallery.co.uk/#/past/4563136006 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-09-26 |title=No Smoking, Underground Gallery }}

• David Hodge Award, The Photographers' Gallery, London.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}
• A Looking Glass Eye: 21st Century London, Exit Gallery, London.{{cite web|url = http://www.londonphotography.org.uk/exhibitions/2008/06/25/a-looking-glass-eye-21st-century-london/|title = A Looking Glass Eye: 21st Century London}}
• 10 - 10 years of In-Public, Photofusion Gallery, London.{{cite web|url=http://www.londonarchitecturediary.com/event.php?id=2128 |title=London Architecture Diary - Planner |accessdate=2010-09-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312213701/http://www.londonarchitecturediary.com/event.php?id=2128 |archivedate=2012-03-12 }}
• Antennas, Voies Off, Arles, France.{{cite web|url = https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.voies-off.com/index.php/antennes&ei=ydbDT7G8BYfb8QOXjN3ZCg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CGkQ7gEwAQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3DAntennes%2BArles%2B2010%26hl%3Den%26prmd%3Dimvns|title = Antennas, Arles, France}}
• Right Here, Right Now – Exposures From The Public Realm, Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Format International Photography Festival, Derby, UK, March–April 2011. Exhibition of photographs by In-Public members and the film In-Sight (2011).{{cite web | url = http://archive11.formatfestival.com/exhibitions/exhibition/public-derby-museum-and-art-gallery | accessdate = 16 January 2016 | website = Format International Photography Festival| title = In-Public at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160402100617/http://archive11.formatfestival.com/exhibitions/exhibition/public-derby-museum-and-art-gallery | archivedate = 2 April 2016 }}{{cite web | url = http://archive11.formatfestival.com/news-and-press/format-programme-announcement | accessdate = 10 February 2015 | website = Format International Photography Festival | title = Format Programme Announcement | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150211122147/http://archive11.formatfestival.com/news-and-press/format-programme-announcement | archivedate = 11 February 2015 }}{{cite web|url=http://archive11.formatfestival.com/artists/public-0 |title=In-Public Photographers Format Festival |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001072954/http://archive11.formatfestival.com/artists/public-0 |archivedate=October 1, 2015}}{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/format-festival-street-photography-steals-the-show-2231147.html | date = 3 March 2011 | accessdate = 11 February 2015 | first = Matilda | last = Battersby | newspaper = The Independent | title = Format Festival: Street photography steals the show}}
• London Street Photography: 1860-2010, Museum of London, London, February–September 2011.{{Cite web |date=2011-02-17 |title=150 years of London street photography |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatpicturegalleries/8330159/150-years-of-London-street-photography.html |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=The Telegraph |language=en}} Travelled to Museum of the City of New York, July–December 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.mcny.org/content/london-street-photography |accessdate=12 February 2015 |publisher=Museum of the City of New York |title=The streets of London and New York come to life in this exhibition and companion installation. |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110850/http://www.mcny.org/content/london-street-photography |archivedate=4 March 2016 }}
• International Street Photography, German Gymnasium, London Street Photography Festival, London.{{cite web|url = http://lfph.org/gallery/international-street-photography-award|title = London Street Photography Festival|access-date = 2012-05-28|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120604171636/http://lfph.org/gallery/international-street-photography-award|archive-date = 2012-06-04|url-status = dead}}
• From Distant Streets: Contemporary International Street Photography, Galerie Hertz, Louisville Photo Biennial, Louisville, KY, October–November 2011. Part of Louisville Photo Biennial. Curated by Richard Bram.{{cite web|url = http://www.billyhertzgallery.com/LOUISVILLE-PHOTO-BIENNIAL-2011.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120718031323/http://www.billyhertzgallery.com/LOUISVILLE-PHOTO-BIENNIAL-2011.html | archive-date = 18 July 2012 | title = Louisville Photo Biennial | publisher = Billy Hertz Gallery}}{{cite web | url = http://www.in-public.com/news/2011/9/FromDistantStreets | date = 19 September 2011 | accessdate = 2 September 2015 | publisher = In-Public | first = Richard | last = Bram | title = From Distant Streets | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150908030413/http://www.in-public.com/news/2011/9/FromDistantStreets | archivedate = 8 September 2015 }}
• Underground, The Print Space, London, with Dylan Thomas and Gesche Wuerfel.{{cite web |url=http://www.theprintspace.co.uk/blog/exhibition-opening-night/ |title=Underground at Printspace |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318230311/http://www.theprintspace.co.uk/blog/exhibition-opening-night/ |archivedate=2012-03-18 }}
• Contemporary London Street Photography, King's Cross Station, London Festival of Photography, London.{{cite web|url = http://www.lfph.org/diary/contemporary-london-street-photography|title = London Festival of Photography|access-date = 2012-05-28|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130508171524/http://www.lfph.org/diary/contemporary-london-street-photography|archive-date = 2013-05-08|url-status = dead}}
• iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography, Thailand Creative and Design Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, February–March 2013. In conjunction with the British Council.{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcouncil.or.th/en/programmes/arts/past-projects/public-exhibition-street-photography |accessdate=10 February 2015 |publisher=British Council |title=iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213060930/http://www.britishcouncil.or.th/en/programmes/arts/past-projects/public-exhibition-street-photography |archivedate=February 13, 2015 }}{{cite web | url = http://www.tcdc.or.th/exhibition/detail.php?ID=7996 | accessdate = 26 March 2016 | publisher = Thailand Creative and Design Centre | title = iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography | archive-date = 5 June 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160605130802/http://www.tcdc.or.th/exhibition/detail.php?ID=7996 | url-status = dead }}{{cite news | url = http://www.bangkokpost.com/lifestyle/25559_info_in-public-an-exhibition-of-street-photography.html | accessdate = 26 March 2016 | newspaper = Bangkok Post | title = In-Public: An Exhibition of Street Photography}} Photographs by In-Public members.
• In Public, Snickerbacken 7, Stockholm, Sweden, May–June 2013.{{cite web | url = http://www.snickarbacken7.se/?p=309?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true | title = In Public | publisher = Snickarbacken 7 | accessdate = 29 August 2015}} Photographs by In-Public members.
• The Sharp Eye. In-Public in Mexico, Foto Mexico, Cine Tonalá, Mexico City, Mexico, October–November 2015. Slideshow of photographs.{{cite web | url = http://centrodelaimagen.cultura.gob.mx/fotomexico/en/exhibitions/image-comunity/in-public.html | accessdate = 10 June 2016 | publisher = Centro de la Imagen | title = The Sharp Eye. iN-PUBLIC in Mexico: Group Show}}

• In-Sight (2011). 38 minute documentary directed and edited by Nick Turpin, commissioned by Format for Format International Photography Festival, Derby, 2011. Includes interviews with Solomons and others, and shows him at work.The film is available to watch [https://nickturpin.com/in-sight-film/ here] within Turpin's site.

Solomons' work is held in the following public collection:

• Museum of London, London.

{{reflist}}

• {{Official website|www.davidsolomons.com}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100923021752/http://in-public.com/DavidSolomons Solomons' In-Public page]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120414201217/http://strange.rs/photographers/davidpsolomons/ Solomons' Strange.rs page]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFY4kfqXl2Q "David Solomons shoots Up West"] on YouTube (2010)
• [http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2010/09/david-solomons-what-was-he-thinking.html David Solomons: What was he thinking?] – interview with Blake Andrews (2010)
• [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-34775285 "Up West by David Solomons"] – interview with Phil Coomes at BBC News (2015)

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