Ben DeSoto Talks Un-Retirement and Shooting Bayou City Music Greats
The Houston photography legend made a virtual return to his hometown for a special chat with the CAMH, available starting this week.
By
Aarohi Sheth
12/16/2020 at 1:55pm
Ever since graduating from the University of Houstonâs photojournalism program, Ben DeSotoâs been unstoppable.Â
During his 25 years documenting life in the Bayou City, he covered everything, from DJ Screwâs chop-and-screw sounds to punk band L7âs head-banging and brash vocals. The Houston-raised photographer ended up leaving the city and his fast-paced work at
The Houston Chronicle in 2017 and is nowâas he likes to sayââin un-retirement,â living a quiet life in Utah, teaching students part-time.