Builder Levy's work has appeared in more than two hundred exhibitions, including over fifty one person shows. His photographs are in more than fifty public collections around the world. He has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Puffin Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Monographs of his work include Images of Appalachian Coalfields (1989) and Builder Levy Photographer (2005), and his photographs are featured in more than twenty books. He lives in New York City with his wife, Alice Deutsch.