Essential Images | Rory Doyle
July 24, 2020
Posted In: Exhibitions, Gallery Exhibitions
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Rory Doyle is a working photographer based in Cleveland, Mississippi in the rural Mississippi Delta. Born and raised in Maine, Doyle studied journalism at St. Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont. In 2009, he moved to Mississippi to pursue a master’s degree at Delta State University. Doyle has remained committed to photographing Mississippi and the South, with a particular focus on sharing positive stories in the Delta.
He was a 2018 Visual Artist Fellow through the Mississippi Arts Commission and National Endowment for the Arts. He won the 16th Annual Smithsonian Photo Contest in 2019, the 2019 Southern Prize from the South Arts organization, the 2019 Zeiss Photography Award, and the 2019 ZEKE Award for Documentary Photography.
Doyle has exhibited in New York, London, Atlanta, Mississippi and beyond. His work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, ProPublica, ESPN, The Guardian, CNN and numerous outlets.
