Ryan weideman in my taxi driver

Due to public health concerns, the gallery will be open by appointment only until further. In my taxi new york after hours published by thunders mouth press in 1991 8vo, softcover photographically illustrated ryan weideman an awardwinning photographer, became a taxi driver to pay the bills when he first arrived to nyc in 1980. A cab driver captures 30 years of new york after dark huck magazine. A taxi drivers photos of new york the new york times. I thought, if this guy can go through that, i am ready for new york. With one eye on the road and a camera in his hand, every passenger became a story.

Ryan weideman selected works biography other works chronology exhibitions press back. After migrating east from the california bay area in 1980, weideman began driving a spacious checker cabcapable of accommodating seven passengerson. For this real life taxi driver, the inside of his vehicle served as a photo studio, while he captured with his camera more stories of the naked city than he could count. Street photographer ryan weideman spent decades as a parttime new york city cab driver, where his taxi became his photography studio. After migrating east from the california bay area in 1980, weideman began driving a spacious checker cabcapable of accommodating seven passengers on. For 30 years a nyc driver turned his night shift cab into. Street photographer ryan weideman drove a new york city cab for decades.

In my taxi, a show consisting of over 40 extraordinary photographs spanning four decades by american artist and taxicab driver ryan weideman. A cab driver captures 30 years of new york after dark. After the first week of driving a taxi i could see the photographic potential, shared weideman. He attached a strobe light to the sun visor of his vehicle. Bruce silverstein gallery exclusively represents ryan weideman. Ryan weideman an awardwinning photographer, became a taxi driver to pay the bills when he first arrived to nyc in 1980. Ryan weideman, a photographer who took a taxi shift to make ends meet, turned his camera on his fares during the 1980s and 90s.

As a result, forced to find a regular job, ryan weideman became a taxi driver, under the recommendation of his neighbor who also was a taxi driver. With one eye on the road and a camera in his hand, every. Bruce silverstein is pleased to present, in collaboration with espronceda, in my taxi, a show consisting of over 40 extraordinary photographs spanning four decades by american artist and taxicab driver ryan weideman. After the first week of driving a taxi i could see the photographic potential, says weideman. Street photographer ryan weidemans grandfather was a livery driver in his small oklahoma community. Ryan weideman, the nyc taxi driver and street photographer. When ryan was a student at the california college of arts and crafts, where he received an m. A cab driver captures 30 years of new york after dark street photographer ryan weideman drove a new york city cab for decades. Back in 1978, while living in oakland, photographer ryan weideman saw midnight express, a nervewracking film that tells the true story of billy hayes a young american who, after being caught smuggling hashish, escapes from a turkish jail and lives to tell the tale. New york city taxi driver and photographer ryan weideman snapped blackandwhite images of his patrons.

From martin scorseses critically acclaimed movie taxi driver, to the beloved emmy awardwinning sitcom taxi, life as a new york hack has been. Over thirty years, weideman would continue working as a cab driver parttime, photographing his clients to view the changing city in a new way. Nyc cab driver spends 30 years photographing his passengers in 1980, aspiring photographer. Ryan weideman, in my taxi espronceda barcelona, spain from artists in residence tv on vimeo artists in residence television covered the exhibition in my taxi by the american photographer ryan weideman, invited to exhibit three decades of pictures of the backseat of his taxi in new york city. For nine years, he used his cab as a portrait studio, documenting new york after hours. Ryan weideman taxidermist has mounted these human species with humor and boldness and precision. Ryan weideman has been driving a nyc taxi since 1980, using his passengers as subjects of his black and white street photography.