Tony O'Brien's work as a documentary photographer has appeared in many national and international publications. He is the director of the photography program at the Marion Center of Photographic Arts at Santa Fe University of Art and Design. He is the author of Afghan Dreams: Young Voices of Afghanistan, Bloomsbury Press 2008 and Light in the Desert: Photographs from the Monastery of Christ in the Desert, the New Mexico Museum Press, 2011. He is represented by VERVE Gallery in Santa Fe.