Ryan Weideman
Ryan Weideman (born 1941)[1] is an American photographer, living in New York City, who photographed his passengers while working as a taxi driver there between 1981 and 2016.[2][3] He produced a book of his photographs, In My Taxi: New York After Hours (1991). He also makes lithographic print-based art.
Weideman's photographic and lithographic prints are held in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum,[4] Art Institute of Chicago,[1] Harry Ransom Center,[5] Museum of Fine Arts, Houston[6] and Portland Art Museum.[7] In 1992 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship for his photography.[8]
Early life and education[edit]
Weideman grew up in the Midwestern United States.[9] In 1973, he earned a BA in photography and printmaking from Long Beach State University at Long Beach, California.[10] In 1975, he earned a MFA in the same subjects from California College of the Arts in Oakland, California. As of 1978 he was living in Oakland.[2][11][12]
Life and work[edit]
In 1980, Weideman moved to New York City, living in an apartment in Times Square. From 1981, he took a job as a taxi driver and from that vantage photographed his passengers, while working from 5pm to 5am three or four nights a week. The rest of his time was spent developing film and making black and white prints. After the first six or seven years he included himself in the photographs. A book of this work, described in The Independent as "democratic, slice-of-life reportage", was published in 1991 titled In My Taxi: New York After Hours. Weideman stopped driving cabs in 2016 and as of 2018 was still living in the same apartment in Times Square.[2][9][12]
He also makes lithographic print-based art.
Publications[edit]
- In My Taxi: New York After Hours. Thunder's Mouth, 1991. ISBN 978-1560250241.[9]
Awards[edit]
- 1984/85: National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant for photography[10][better source needed]
- 1986/87: New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, for photography[10][better source needed]
- 1992: Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation for photography[8]
Collections[edit]
Weideman's work is held in the following permanent collections:
- Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY: 1 photographic print (as of 27 February 2023)[4]
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL: 1 lighographic print (as of 27 February 2023)[1]
- Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin: 3 photographic prints (as of 27 February 2023)[5]
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX: 2 photographic prints (as of 27 February 2023)[6]
- Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR: 21 photographic and lighographic prints (as of 27 February 2023)[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Ryan Weideman". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ a b c Leland, John (10 November 2016). "A Taxi Driver's Photos of New York". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ Scott, Ellen (11 November 2017). "Taxi driver spends 30 years photographing people getting rides in New York City". Metro. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ a b "Brooklyn Museum". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ a b "Photography Collections Database". Harry Ransom Center. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ a b "Works - Ryan Weideman - People - The MFAH Collections". emuseum.mfah.org. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ a b "Ryan Weideman". Portland Art Museum. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ a b "Ryan Weideman". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ a b c "Not Just a Face in the Mirror". The Independent. 21 September 1996. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ a b c https://www.brucesilverstein.com/attachment/en/5d814400a5aa2c6c4e8b4567/TextOneColumnWithFile/615cc236f960e0332b276ece
- ^ "Ryan Weideman, the artist who turned his taxi into a photography studio". Fahrenheit. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ a b Rosen, Miss (8 May 2018). "A cab driver captures 30 years of New York after dark". Huck Magazine. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
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