About Borja Ballbé Giró

I was born and raised in Barcelona. After high school I decided to study to be a lawyer even though I was developing a deep interest in photography. During those frustrating years at university I had the opportunity to meet and work with the Spanish photographer Jordi Bernadó. Deeply influenced by this experience, I decided to drop out of law school and try to become a photographer.
I started working as Bernadó's assistant and studying at the IDEP photography school. Mainly focused on architecture and landscape photography.
After finishing my photography studies I published my first book in 2016, "Ordinary Landscapes" which dealt with the loss of identity of the landscape.
During 2015 I started a new project almost without realising it.
After a strong mental breakdown, I started taking pictures on the road just for fun while taking long trips with my car and camera.
In 2020, after various relapses and some extremely hard final months of 2019, I decided to finish the project.
The book "Disorder" was published last year and is the culmination of the work of all these years.
In the meantime, I also took the opportunity to create the digital platform Panorama.pm that aims to disseminate landscape issues through photo projects.

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