FACES FROM THE NIGHT SHIFT – 30 YEARS OF PHOTOS INSIDE A NEW YORK CITY CAB

For 30 years, at no small risk to himself, Ryan Weideman drove a cab in New York City, drawn to the night shift. 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.

Weideman eventually turned his experiences into a book, In My Taxi: New York After Hours, and exhibits his work in shows held all over in the world.

It all began when Weideman decided to move from California to New York in 1980, not knowing much of the city except from films like Midnight Cowboy. He rented a cheap 200-square-foot apartment in Times Square, then known as “the Deuce,” the beacon for prostitutes and their pimps, porn cinemas, and drug dealers.