Los Angeles native Robert Adan Williams is a teacher, photographer, writer and world traveler. The photos featured here were part of ‘Sadhus of Shantimalai,’ a one man exhibit at Primera Taza Gallery in Los Angeles. He will also be featured from January 5, 2018 through February 10, 2018 at Street Level Cafe in Echo Park (http://www.slcechopark.com). This powerful portrait series was shot while Williams was on a spiritual retreat in South India. You can see more photos from this series by visiting his tumblr page: http://robadanwill.tumblr.com. Williams has published poetry and autobiographical essays in various journals throughout the last 30 years. He most recently co-authored an article in The Journal of Innovation in Psychology, Education and Didactics (http://www.jiped.ub.ro/), titled The Relation Between the Method of Participation and Academic Achievement in English Language Teaching Programs.