Brian O’Neill

Brian F. O’Neill is a sociologist, writer and photographer. rained in both the United States and France, his work explores the relations of society to nature, as well as mobilities, using a variety of documentary and analytical techniques. Much of his output to date has investigated the practices and meanings of "industry" to local communities and environments, and he is widely published in academic and artistic fields concerning such issues. He is a contributing editor at The Photobook Journal, and the host of the podcast, Immaterial Voices. His artist book A Desert Transect, is a multimedia exploration of urban mobility in Arizona, and will be released in 2025 by Immaterial Books.

www.brianfoneill.net
www.immaterialbooks.com
www.wyomingtoad.bandcamp.com

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    Riding in the desert city: inattention, observation and mobility in Phoenix, Arizona

    , 18 March 2025

    Despite being one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States, Phoenix, Arizona, is one of the few with no Amtrak train transit. While you cannot get in or out of the city by train, it does have a humble light rail system, built in the face of public… Read more »

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    Walking the Toxic Triangle

    , 14 June 2024

    Southern California is many things. Quite infamously, it is known as a landscape defined by the automobile, from the emergence and diffusion of the highway system to fast food burgers, and the suburbanization of the United States. Walking this place then, would seem not only inconvenient, but ill advised. In… Read more »

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