Peter Beste’s Photos of Norwegian Black Metal and Houston Hiphop
I first saw Peter Beste’s photos of Norwegian black metal artists in Stop Smiling magazine a few years ago and noted with some curiosity that he was a Houston photographer I had never heard of (having been active in the Houston photo scene for a number of years). Then today a coworker sent me to his website to check out his photos of Houston’s (primarily southside) rap community, which I had never seen before. Far removed from the MTV-ready images of Mike Jones, Paul Wall, and Chamillionaire that we see in glossy magazines that profile Houston’s rap artists, Beste’s pics of Z-Ro, K Rino, ESG, and the like, show the gritty reality of an underground scene thriving in an impovershed community with tons of dramatic style to spare.
(thx James)