☛ Taschen: photo by Steve Schapiro depicting Martin Scorsese (left) and Robert De Niro (right) on the set of Taxi Driver, summer of 1975. This photo is included in the Deluxe Edition of Steve Schapiro, Taxi Driver by Taschen (Steve Schapiro, Paul Duncan, hardcover in a clamshell box, 11.4 x 17.3 in., 2010, 328 pages). More images are available at Taschen official website. Large format reproduction retrieved from Proper. © Steve Schapiro/Taschen.

Steve Schapiro is a distinguished journalistic photographer whose pictures have graced the covers of Vanity Fair, Time, Sports Illustrated, Life, Look, Paris Match, and People, and are found in many museum collections. He has published four books of his work, American Edge, Schapiro’s Heroes, The Godfather Family Album and Taxi Driver. In Hollywood he has worked on more than 200 motion pictures; his most famous film posters are for Midnight Cowboy, Taxi Driver, Parenthood, and The Godfather Part III. (Taschen)

For more see also Schapiro’s official biography on his website steveschapiro.com (Flash is required). The Catherine Edelman Gallery has 26 more behind-the-scene photos from the set of Taxi Driver by Steve Schapiro. All photos are adequately titled and dated.

The Guardian has a 3 minutes video interview of Schapiro: Steve Schapiro: on the set of Taxi Driver, November 17, 2010. Follow the link or watch it below.