Builder Levy
Builder Levy (b. 1942) is an American photographer whose 50-plus year career has been centered on creating socially-concerned images. He began photographing in his immediate surroundings—the New York neighborhoods where he lived and worked—and, soon after, political protests. Levy spent the majority of his professional life as a New York City public school teacher, using summer breaks to travel to Appalachia to document the lives of coal miners and their families.
His photographs have been featured in more than 325 exhibitions, more than 60 of which have been solo shows. More than 80 different public and private collections house his work, including the Sir Elton John Photography Collection; the International Center of Photography (New York); The Museum of Fine Arts (Houston); the Brooklyn Museum; and the Chrysler Museum of Art (Norfolk, VA), to name a few. Levy has also published four monographs.