Megan DeSoto MFA

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Megan DeSoto, M.F.A., University of North Texas 2019, serves as an adjunct professor in the College of Visual Arts and Design where she teaches classes in photography. She also teaches design through the Mayborn School of Journalism. She is also a photographer for the Texas Fashion Collection housed in UNT.

Megan DeSoto describes her photographs as object portraiture. She creates large scale digital imagery by gathering domestic objects, florals and mannequins and utilizes a television screen backdrop. DeSoto investigates social media, culture, and family tradition to better understand, embrace and defy the dynamics that play into the pressures of today's woman and perceived role in society. Her imagery is influenced by fashion and commercial work. DeSoto lives and works in Fort Worth, Texas. She graduated with her B.F.A. at the University of Texas at Arlington. She earned her M.F.A. in Photography at the University of North Texas. She has exhibited in various group and solo exhibitions throughout the country.