Rory Doyle Explained

Rory Doyle (born October 15, 1983) is an American photographer,^[1] based in Cleveland, Mississippi.^{[2] [3]} Doyle's ongoing project, Delta Hill Riders, about African American cowboys and cowgirls^{[4] [5] [6]} has won Smithsonian magazine's annual Photo Contest and the Zeiss Photography Award at the Sony World Photography Awards.

He studied journalism at Saint Michael's College, Vermont.

Awards

• 2018: Grand Prize winner, Smithsonian magazine's annual Photo Contest, for a photograph from Delta Hill Riders^{[7] [8]}
• 2018: Winner, The Photojournalist category, EyeEm Awards, Berlin^[9]
• 2019: Winner, Zeiss Photography Award, Sony World Photography Awards, World Photography Organisation, for Delta Hill Riders^{[10] [11]}
• 2019: Shortlisted, Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, London, for a photograph from Delta Hill Riders^[12]
• 2020: Finalist, Head On Portrait award, Head On Photo Awards, Head On Photo Festival, for a photograph from Delta Hill Riders^[13]

Notes and References

1. News: Interview by Dale Berning. Sawa. 2019-12-05. Rory Doyle's best photograph: the black cowboys of Tallahatchie. The Guardian. 5 December 2019. 0261-3077.
2. Web site: 2019-12-05. Rory Doyle Photography, About. Rory Doyle.
3. Web site: 2020-07-25. Rory Doyle. Twitter. Rory Doyle.
4. Web site: 2019-12-05. Delta Hill Riders. www.gupmagazine.com.
5. Web site: Alan Huffman. 2019-12-05. The untold story of the Wild West's black cowboys. 4 July 2019. CNN Style.
6. Web site: 2020-07-25. Photographer - PhotoVogue - Vogue. www.vogue.it.
7. Web site: Alan. Taylor. 2020-07-25. Winners of Smithsonian Magazine's 2018 Photo Contest - The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com.
8. Web site: Smithsonian. Magazine. 2020-07-25. See the Winners and Finalists of the 16th Annual Smithsonian.com Photo Contest!. Smithsonian Magazine.
9. Web site: 2019-12-05. Presenting The 2018 EyeEm Awards Winners. EyeEm.
10. Web site: 2019-12-05. Winner; Delta Hill Riders by Rory Doyle. World Photography Organisation.
11. Big Picture. 18 May 2019. Amateur Photographer. 4.
12. News: Mee-Lai. Stone. 2019-12-05. Saddle up: Taylor Wessing photographic portrait prize 2019 – in pictures. The Guardian. 7 November 2019. 0261-3077.
13. News: 2020-10-15. The 2020 Head On portrait award: winner and finalists – in pictures. The Guardian. 1 May 2020. 0261-3077.