[5] In 1991, he began to contribute to Afrapix, a collective of documentary photographers depicting apartheid to be used in newspapers around the world.
In a video for the Victoria and Albert Museum, Williams said: "towards the end of ninety-four I had a real strong feeling that I'd never really wanted to be a photojournalistic type photographer or to cover war and violence.
I made a very strong stand almost to say, 'OK I'm going to stop that completely,' and I never did that sort of hard photojournalism news again.
"[6] After South Africa's transition to democracy, Williams focused on magazine features and documentary projects.
Many of his photographs concentrate on South African society and documenting the personal lives of individuals.