Education
Babej was raised in Bad Homburg, Germany and graduated from Brown University (Bachelor of Arts, History, 1992) and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (Master of Science , 1993).
Photographic artist and writer
Babej was raised in Bad Homburg, Germany and graduated from Brown University (Bachelor of Arts, History, 1992) and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (Master of Science , 1993).
His elaborately staged works focus on subject matter in history and social science. He worked as a reporter Forbes Magazine, while also writing criticism for the arts sections of Corriere della Sera, Die Zeit, Die Weltwoche and The Guardian. In 1995, he became a marketing strategist and writes the Strategic Marketing column for Forbes.
Babej"s photographic series focus on conflicting belief systems in history, politics and science.
Mask of Perfection (2012) examined the tensions between natural beauty and the "scientific" approach to beauty practiced in plastic surgery. His subsequent works have examined the after-effects of historical events such as the collapse of the Soviet Union in Chernogirls and the Roman heritage of Tunisia in Africanae.
2015: Mischlinge, Historical Technical Museum, Peenemünde.
Mischlinge focuses on the impact of the Nazi era on definitions of national identity in the Federal Republic of Germany, combining images with genealogical deoxyribonucleic acid tests of the cast members and writings by himself, historian Thomas Kühne and Cem Özdemir, co-chairman of Alliance "90/The Greens.