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 project on African American cowboys and cowgirls, "Delta Hill Riders." His is the recipient of the 16th Annual Smithsonian Photo Contest, the 2019 Southern Prize from the South Arts organization, and the 2019 Zeiss Photography Award. Doyle has exhibited in New York City, London, Atlanta, and across Mississippi.