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Rory Doyle Wins Zeiss Photography Award
9 April 2019
The World Photography Organization has announced that American photographer Rory Doyle has won the fourth annual Zeiss Photography Award for his series Delta Hill Riders.
Selected from nearly 58,000 images submitted by photographers from 150 countries, Doyle's series documents the subculture of African American cowboys and cowgirls in the rural Mississippi Delta.
"The work is timely with the current political environment and a renewed focus on rural America," Doyle said. "The project is a counter-narrative to the often-negative portrayal of African Americans. I have captured riders showing love for their horses and fellow cowboys, while also passing down traditions among generations. Ultimately, the project aims to press against my own old archetypes -- who could and couldn't be a cowboy and what it means to be black in Mississippi -- while uplifting the voices of my subjects."
As the winner, Doyle receives €2,000 worth of Zeiss lenses, €3,000 to cover travel costs for a photography project, the opportunity to personally work with Zeiss and the World Photography Organisation and travel to London and Germany to meet with Zeiss.
For more information see the news release below.
Outstanding Series Documenting Mississippi Delta's African American Cowboys and Cowgirls Wins 2019 Zeiss Photography Award
American photographer Rory Doyle named winner, alongside six shortlisted artists
LONDON -- American photographer Rory Doyle is today announced as the winner of the fourth annual Zeiss Photography Award.
Selected from nearly 58,000 images submitted by photographers from 150 countries, Doyle's series Delta Hill Riders provides a thought-provoking visual insight into the subculture of African American cowboys and cowgirls in the rural Mississippi Delta.
The work stood apart in the competition for judges Simon Frederick (artist, photographer, director and broadcaster, UK), Shoair Mavlian (Director, Photoworks, UK) and Dagmar Seeland (Picture Editor, STERN Magazine, Germany), who were tasked to reward exceptional bodies of work of 5-10 images with a strong narrative that answered the brief, 'Seeing Beyond: The Unexpected'.
Impressed by the creative response to the brief, the judges also shortlisted the work of six further artists: Michela Carmazzi (Italian), Ken Hermann (Danish), duo Benedicte Kurzen & Sanne De Wilde (French & Belgian), Petra Leary (New Zealander), Lara Wilde (German), Gangfeng Zhou (Mainland Chinese). See full details below.
Rory Doyle, Winner
Located in Cleveland, Mississippi, Rory Doyle is a photographer whose work has been published worldwide. Doyle's winning images are part of an ongoing series which has been shot across the Delta,challenging the stereotypes of cowboy culture and preconceptions of the rural South.
Explaining the work, Doyle says: "It is estimated that just after the Civil War, one in four cowboys were African American. Yet this population was drastically underrepresented in popular accounts. And it is still. The "cowboy" identity retains a strong presence in many contemporary black communities. My ongoing project about African American cowboys and cowgirls in the Mississippi Delta sheds light on an overlooked subculture -- one that resists historical and present-day stereotypes.
"The work is timely with the current political environment and a renewed focus on rural America. The project is a counter-narrative to the often-negative portrayal of African Americans. I have captured riders showing love for their horses and fellow cowboys, while also passing down traditions among generations. Ultimately, the project aims to press against my own old archetypes -- who could and couldn't be a cowboy and what it means to be black in Mississippi -- while uplifting the voices of my subjects."
As the winner, Doyle receives €12,000 worth of Zeiss lenses, €3,000 to cover travel costs for a photography project, the opportunity to personally work with Zeiss and the World Photography Organisation and travel to London and Germany to meet with Zeiss.
Doyle's winning works plus a selection of shortlisted images will be exhibited at Somerset House in London from April 18 to May 6.