The one time I randomly picked up an Esquire Magazine, travel gold: "If you don't go, you'll never know." Robert De Niro said that. Bravo! It's why I go, exact.

California-born wordsmith and self-taught artist Marisa Allegra Williams specializes in travel-related images and editorial services. Her eclectic artistic interests gallop the gamut from fine art photography and stock images to photo editing, book arts, Gocco printing, and calligraphy. Imagery includes unique takes on iconic landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and well-known cities like Paris or Venice, picturesque peeks at little-known European towns and "undiscovered" destinations, macro food and flower photography, editorial images, and more. Marisa's experience as a San Francisco Bay Area-based copywriter and editor covers a wide range of industries from design to technology, architecture, and luxury travel. When she's not shooting, blogging, or engrossed in a copywriting and editing project, Marisa is planning future trips, celebrating the work of fellow artists, reading travel books and blogs, or answering questions about the places she's been over on Afar and TripAdvisor. Keep up with Marisa's travels, recent work, and other endeavors via this site and her interactive Facebook page, which includes exclusive fan updates, announcements, Etsy sales, and giveaways. Twitter and Instagram are also great ways for fans to follow along.