Documentary Photos By Peter Beste

Peter Beste, a Houston photographer with a knack for penetrating popular music subcultures, shows a different side of the idyllic northern paradise. Peter Beste represents the next generation of documentary photographers. His images reflect passion, creativity, and technique. It takes a special kind of photographer to go deep into uncharted lands and capture compelling images without fear.
Houston, Texas occupies a peculiar spot on the global stage, in the spotlight because of its importance to the global economy but rarely seen as anything other than a center of business. The perception of this southern metropolis is hardly any different within the United States. When it comes to the question of what Houston has to offer culturally, misperceptions invariably abound.
To some degree, there is merit to that. Master-planned communities blanket huge swaths of land, strip centers and office parks line the freeways and newly built condominiums swallow up some of Houston’s oldest and poorest neighborhoods in a block-by-block process of gentrification that eschews interest in the city’s history. To the eyes of visitors, Houston does not present well.