Simon Veit-Wilson began his career as a photographer at a Newcastle-based news agency in the early 1980s. During this time he covered important events such as the Miners' strike, and his work was regularly featured in the national press. He later studied advertising and editorial photography at what is now the University of Gloucester, and was subsequently employed as an agency and press photographer in the South East of England. In 1990 he travelled to Australia, where he worked for the Photographic Department at Sydney University, and the following year to Boston, Massachusetts, where he worked with several local photographers and helped teach photography at Boston University.

Now firmly established in the North East, Simon specialises in location photography for a variety of local businesses and organisations, working mainly with digital media.