Simon Weller was born in England in 1972. His career began in 1996 as a graphic designer for HarperCollins and Penguin Books in London. Since 2001 he has worked as a photographer for a diverse range of international clients including Airstream, Bloomsbury, EMI Records, Tate Gallery, Toyota and Wired magazine. Simon has photographed extensively throughout Africa, Asia, Europe and North America and many of his images can be licensed through Corbis and Getty Images.

During the last decade Simon has photographed a number of leading musicians and bands including the Grammy Award winning producer Danger Mouse, Gorillaz, Broken Bells, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hella, Le Butcherettes, Alela Diane and Joanna Newsom. In April 2011 he was commissioned by Sony Music to document James Mercer of The Shins recording for the band's forthcoming album in Los Angeles.

In early 2011 Simon's first book South African Township Barbershops & Salons was published by Mark Batty, with distribution by Random House in North America and by Thames & Hudson in the rest of the world. The title has been featured on a number of high profile blogs including Brain Pickings, Cool Hunting, Dossier Journal, Flavorwire and It's Nice That. In June 2011 The New York Times critic Steven Heller selected the book for the newspaper's 'Summer Reading' list.

In late 2011 Simon will be exhibiting photographs from his book in Cape Town and Johannesburg. The shows are in conjunction with Familia Skateboarding of South Africa who will be unveiling five signature decks featuring Simon's township barbershop images.

Simon is represented in the USA by Julie Baker Fine Art.