Babior was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and received his MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. He has had over 15 solo exhibitions, numerous group shows, and has received reviews in Arts Magazine, Artforum, and New York Magazine. Babior taught photography at Rhode Island School of Design, Western Carolina University and Marin Academy in San Rafael, California. He was the recipient of a 1990-1991 NEA Individual Artists Fellowship in Photography.