The Malibu Arts Commission curated a public art installation of photographer Pep Williams at the Malibu City Gallery located at Malibu City Hall. Williams exhibited the collection from March 27 through May 5, 2023.

In 2017, Williams had the opportunity to photograph inmates at the Chuckawalla Valley State Prison and Ironwood State Prison in Blythe, California. In his photographs, Mr. Williams portrays these men’s lives with dignity and humanity, even in a harsh setting and in the shadow of difficult pasts, and discovers a functioning social world and individual wisdom from men he met in prison. 

Williams is a fine art photographer, video director, and third-generation DogTown skateboarder from South Central Los Angeles. He has traveled globally, creating materials for his photographic exhibitions and photographing spreads for magazines worldwide. The series “Behind Bars” is on permanent display at The Autry Museum.