I'm a taxi driver who takes photographs, and a photographer who drives a taxi. I'm two in one. I associate my photography with the taxi. My camera is always by my side when I drive. Outside the taxi, I take few photographs. After all, I spend six days a week on the job. Twelve hours a day. I never just think about picking up a fare, taking them somewhere and setting them down again. I always think about taking photographs too. For me it would be a waste to drive without my camera. (David Bradford)

And when I get into the car in the morning, I feel as if I were going to take part in a car race the whole day. Some taxi drivers do anything to get a fare. They cut straight across the roadway, or turn right from the left-hand lane. They break the speed limit. They cross the center line. They do U-turns. They do everything they're allowed to do and everything they're not allowed to do. Out there, they're your rivals, all of them. It's not like football, where you pass the ball to the man in the same colors. Here, every yellow car's a competitor. As a New York taxi driver, basically you have no friends on the road. The only friend you have is yourself. . .
My taxi is more than just a vehicle which I have to use to earn money. My taxi is my lens, my office, and gallery. Sometimes people order prints of my photos. Once while driving a party of four to another party location, one passenger asked what I made per hour. 'I'll triple it, come shoot our party.' They bought 12 prints. . .
That's my real reward. It's not the money I earn with the cab. It's the human contact and what I see and photograph. When I don't earn any money, I at least have shot a roll or two. And I know that I'm digging for diamonds. Seen in this light, I haven't had a single bad day in my career as a New York cabbie. (David Bradford)

I live alone. You remember the trombonist from the New York Philharmonic? We talked about music. I once played the trombone myself. Anyway, the guy said I had a soloistic talent. He was right, I'm not someone who seeks company. What I do is art, and while doing it, I'm on my own. I appreciate revelations, there is nothing quite like them and these seem to happen more often within my own experience. (David Bradford)