Rory Doyle

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Delta Hill Riders

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Location: 38732

Nationality: USA

Biography: Rory Doyle is a working photographer based in Cleveland, Mississippi in the rural Mississippi Delta. Doyle is a 2018 Mississippi Visual Artist Fellow through the Mississippi Arts Commission and National Endowment for the Arts for his ongoing... read on

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Mar 3, 2019

ABC News took interest in my ongoing project and have shared a photo essay on their site. Please check it out!

Black cowboys of Mississippi 'so much more than just John Wayne or the Marlboro man'
Black cowboys and cowgirls of the Mississippi Delta.

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Exhibit announcement — Atlanta

By Rory Doyle — The @HudgensCenter outside Atlanta will be hosting "Delta Hill Riders" as part of the 2019 Atlanta Celebrates Photography schedule...

Oct 10, 2019 249

Feature on BBC

By Rory Doyle — Back in September, BBC invited me to their New York studios and interviewed me about "Delta Hill Riders." Honored to share the project,..

Oct 7, 2019 502

American Photography Contest Shortlist

By Rory Doyle — Wow, feeling stoked to be shortlisted in the American Photography Open 2019 contest ( @american_photography_ winners ) for "Newest Cowboy in..

Sep 18, 2019 333

"This US heartland has been flooded for five months. Does anyone care?" — The Guardian

By Rory Doyle — Huge thank you to editor Jehan Jillani for understanding the need for continued coverage of the half-year flood in the lower Mississippi Delta. As..

Aug 3, 2019 696

Where Floods of ‘Biblical Proportion’ Drowned Towns and Farms — New York Times

By Rory Doyle — "Where Floods of ‘Biblical Proportion’ Drowned Towns and Farms" for The New York Times :..

Jul 30, 2019 1350

Mississippi Cowboys on CNN

By Rory Doyle — Happy July 4th y'all! Excited to wake up to this story about MS cowboys from CNN Style . Thanks for the great writing from my friend ..

Jul 4, 2019 850

2019 Michael P. Smith Award for Documentary Photography

By Rory Doyle — It's with extreme gratitude, I'm honored to announce I just received the 2019 Michael P. Smith Award for Documentary Photography from..

Jun 18, 2019 809

Kingfish drops his first album today

By Rory Doyle — Big day for Christone "KINGFISH" Ingram today, as his first album officially drops. It's been really cool to see this young MS..

May 17, 2019 1351

GUP Editorial Award

By Rory Doyle — A sincere thank you to @GupMagazine for selecting my project for the GUP Editorial Award as part of the 2019 Belfast Photo Festival (..

May 8, 2019 1533

Fresh newsletter out today!

By Rory Doyle — I published a fresh newsletter this morning. Please check it out, and feel free to sign up!..

Zeiss Photography Award: Grand Prize

By Rory Doyle — With great honor, I'm pleased to announce my project on MS Delta cowboys was selected for the 2019 ZEISS Photography Award! In just a few days,..

Apr 9, 2019 2026

Grand Prize: Smithsonian contest

By Rory Doyle — Sometimes it's hard to explain how life unfolds! Two years ago I started photographing Mississippi Delta cowboys and cowgirls, and on April 2,..

Apr 4, 2019 1472

Joia Magazine — Delta Hill Riders

By Rory Doyle — Entrevista a Rory Doyle, la desconocida historia de los cowboys afroamericanos | JOIA Magazine Las imágenes de la serie aún en..

Mar 11, 2019 1220

Taking Focus Grant

By Rory Doyle — Taking Focus, Inc. , this is a huge honor and I am grateful for the grant support! I can't wait to begin the giving back component, partnering..

Mar 11, 2019 1368

New York Times — HBCUs

By Rory Doyle — Seeking a Haven in H.B.C.U.s and Single-Sex Colleges Applications are up at these schools while enrollment overall is declining. Some think..

Mar 10, 2019 1222

South Arts State Fellowship for Mississippi

By Rory Doyle — With extreme gratitude, I'm proud to announce that I'm the 2019 recipient of the South Arts State Fellowship for Mississippi. It's such..

Feb 12, 2019 783

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