User:Robielucy

Rob Sollett was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1950. Educated in the NYC school systems he graduated from New Utrecht High School in 1968. He began working in the insurance industry before continuing his education at Brooklyn College then transferring to the School of Visual where he earned his Bachlor in Fine Arts with a major in Photography. In 1982 Sollett began freelancing for several small Brooklyn newspapers coverring general assignments and spot news with the aid of a police radio. In the evenings, he worked with the NYC Youth Board her he led several teenage classes in b/w photography. 1987 he joined the staff of the Staten Island Register. Under the editorship of Wiliam Franz, Sollett earned several prestigious awards in the journalism field before he left in 1991. Rob Sollett was nominated for a Pulitzer Award for a sucidal jumper on the Verrazzano Bridge in 1992 durig his 12 years with the Staten Island Advance.