Marshall Williams

Marshall Williams (b. 1965) is a fine art and commercial/advertising photographer.  He is a graduate of Brooks Institute of Photography (1989) and apprenticed under Dean Collins, an internationally renowned lighting and photographic educator and photographer. While working with Collins, he met fellow apprentice, Tim Mantoani.  The two formed Mantoani-Williams studio in 1994. Today he is a principle at Studio on Banks/ a production studio and collective of photographers and cinematographers, and President of Marshall Williams Photography, Inc.

Williams’ commercial clients include many of the top food, healthcare, hospitality and land development corporations nationally including Jack in the Box, Qdoba, Hilton, Marriott, Loews Hotels, Cardinal Health, Sharp Healthcare, Howard Hughes Corporation and Irvine Company to name a few.

His current fine art series is Taco Stand Vernacular— observations and visual recordings of the neighborhood taco stand and its iconic presence in the cultural landscape of Southern California.  Williams is a member of Medium Photo and cohort of the 2022 and 2024 reviews and he is active in the San Diego chapter of American Photographic Artists.  His photographs are held in many corporate and private collections.