Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2014.

Annell Ponder, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Funeral, Atlanta, Georgia

Artist Builder Levy (American, b. 1942)

CultureAmerican

Date1968, printed 2014

MediumPlatinum print on rag paper

DimensionsOverall, Image: 14 × 9 in. (35.6 × 22.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 18 × 14 in. (45.7 × 35.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 × 18 in. (55.9 × 45.7 cm)

InscribedOn reverse, in graphite: “Builder Levy 1968 / circa 2009 – Negative for platinum print 2014 – this print – platinum print 2/25 Annell Ponder, Martin Luther King Funeral, Atlanta, GA, 1968 Southern civil rights worker, In 1963 she was arrested, beaten and jailed in Mississippi for training and teaching Voter Registration and literacy to Fannie Lou Hamer and other local leaders. There were all arrested, beaten, and jailed. A trained social worker, Ponder spent the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s as a teacher."

PortfolioPrint #3, printed 2014

Credit LineGift of the artist

Object number2014.10.2

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DescriptionBlack and white photograph of Annell Ponder, wearing a black dress and holding an umbrella.
Label TextBuilder Levy American, born 1942 far left Harlem Peace March, New York City, 1967 Platinum print (photograph) on rag paper, printed 2014 Annell Ponder, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Funeral, Atlanta, Georgia, 1968 Platinum print (photograph) on rag paper, printed 2014 In these photographs, Builder Levy depicts the raw emotions of the people taking an active part in anti-war and civil rights demonstrations in the late 1960s. While many photojournalists focused on street protests and marches, Levy chose to portray individual participants, highlighting their deeply personal and often poignant emotional involvement in these public events. Levy’s photographs remind us of the complex feelings and individual experiences that motivate social or political change. Gift of the artist 2014.10.1–.2 ProvenanceGift of the artist to Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, September 2014.Exhibition History"Women and the Civil Rights Movement," Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 14 - October 30, 2016. "5 Years of Photography: Building the Chrysler Collection," Photography & Focus Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 26 - November 10, 2019.Published ReferencesLevy, Builder. _Builder Levy: Photographer_ (New York: A.R.T. Press, 2005) 137. Kate Clifford Larson, _Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer_ (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021) ch. 9 plates.