- Friend of Chevy Chase.
- Starting in 1969 he concentrated on film set photography shooting Midnight Cowboy (1969), The Godfather (1972), Chinatown (1974) and Taxi Driver (1976).
- Studied photography under the famed W. Eugene Smith.
- Photographed key moments of the civil rights movement including the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and the Selma to Montgomery marches.
- He accompanied Robert F. Kennedy during his presidential campaign.
- In 1961 Schapiro began working as a freelance photographer. His photos were published in Life, Vanity Fair, Sports Illustrated, Newsweek, Time and Paris Match.
- Published 11 books of his photography.
Steve Schapiro: American Edge. Arena, 2000.
Schapiro's Heroes. powerHouse, 2007.
The Godfather Family Album. Paul Duncan (ed.). Taschen, 2010.
Steve Schapiro: Then and Now. Lonnie Ali, Matthias Harder. Hatje Cantz, 2012.
Taxi Driver. Paul Duncan (ed.), Taschen, 2013. Barbra Streisand by Steve Schapiro and Lawrence Schiller. Schapiro, Lawrence Schiller, Patt Morrison, Lawrence Grobel, Nina Wiener (eds.). Taschen, 2014.
Bliss: Transformational Festivals & the Neo Hippie. powerHouse, 2015.
Misericordia: Together We Celebrate. powerHouse, 2016.
Bowie. powerHouse, 2016.
The Fire Next Time. James Baldwin and Steve Schapiro. Taschen, 2017.
Ali. powerHouse, 2018.
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