In My Taxi is a show consisting of 40 extraordinary photographs spanning four decades by American artist and taxicab driver Ryan Weideman. This dynamic traveling exhibition provides a firsthand view into the ripe period of cultural diversity that characterized New York City’s evolution between the 1980s and the turn of the century; a period when the city experienced enormous economic and social change. By photographing the spectrum of characters comprising this burgeoning period – from models to poets, drag queens to celebrities, business men to prostitutes, Ryan Weideman transformed his taxicab into a highly-functional artist studio. The mobile nature of his situation, the fact that he could immerse himself in the action, required the artist’s dexterity and certitude, allowing him to capture the spirit of the times in a fluid style all his own.
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