[2][11][12] 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.
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.