Rory Doyle based in Cleveland, Mississippi, was born and raised in Maine before moving to the South in 2009. His work highlights unique Southern subcultures commonly overlooked. Doyle is a 2018 Mississippi Visual Artist Fellow for his ongoing project on African American cowboys and cowgirls, Delta Hill Riders. Doyle won the 16th Annual Smithsonian Photo Contest and the Southern Prize from South Arts organization. The work was featured in the Half King Photo Series in New York and The Print Space Gallery in London before opening at the Delta Arts Alliance in 2019. He the recipient of the ZEISS Photography Award and the EyeEm Awards in Berlin.
Toby Binder
Youth of Belfast by Toby Binder
Northern Ireland will have to leave the European Union due to the United Kingdom’s Brexit, although a majority of its citizens voted to remain. While the Protestant Unionists voted to leave, the Catholic Nationalists wanted to remain.
This photo essay covers the situation of young people in Catholic and Protestant neighborhoods of Belfast. It shows that kids in Northern Ireland often suffer the same problems no matter on which side of the wall they live: unemployment, drug abuse, violence, and the lack of perspective.
Delta Hill Riders by Rory Doyle
After the Civil War, one in four cowboys in the United States were African American, yet this population is drastically underrepresented in popular accounts. This project sheds light on the subculture of African American cowboys and cowgirls in the rural Mississippi Delta.
Rory Doyle has captured black heritage rodeos, horse shows, trail rides, Cowboy Nights at black nightclubs, and subjects’ homes across the Delta. It’s a story that’s particularly timely in the current political environment, and one that provides a renewed focus on rural America. Doyle has captured a group of riders showing love for their horses and fellow cowboys/cowgirls, while also passing down traditions and historical perspectives among generations.
Artist Bios
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Toby Binder
Toby Binder (b. 1977, Germany) focuses on social, environmental, and political topics. Now based in Argentina and Germany, he finds his topics in post-war and crisis situations as well as in the daily life of people. He has been awarded internationally: the Nannen Preis in 2017, the Sony World Photography Awards in 2017 and 2019, and the Philip Jones Griffiths Award in 2018. In 2017, he received an Honorable Mention from UNICEF Photo of the Year. His work is published by Stern, Sueddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, die Zeit, Greenpeace Magazine, Amnesty Journal, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and others.
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Rory Doyle
Organizations
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Social Documentary Network (SDN)
The Social Documentary Network (SDN), founded in 2008, is a global community of documentary photographers, editors, curators, NGOs, journalists, and others, who believe in the power of visual storytelling to build understanding and appreciation for the complexities, diversity nuances, wonders, and contradictions that abound in the world today.
Since our founding, the SDN website has featured more than 4,000 exhibits by nearly 3,000 photographers from all corners of the globe.
Our flagship publication, ZEKE: The Magazine of Global Documentary, is printed twice a year in print and year-round in digital, and features the most successful projects from the SDN website.
We also create gallery exhibitions, educational programs, lecture series, award programs, and portfolio reviews.
Recent stories on SDN and in ZEKE have explored sustainable solutions to the climate crisis, the war in Gaza, migration from Central America to the U.S., the war in Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic, the rising seas of Antarctica, life in Iran, asylum in America, teen mothers, and many other global themes.
ZEKE Award Winners for Documentary Photography 2019
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2019
Featuring: Toby Binder Rory Doyle
Curated by: Glenn Ruga
Presented by: Social Documentary Network (SDN)
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