He teaches photography in Los Angeles, California.
After learning the 19th Century Wet-Plate process from artist Stephen
Berkman and studying with master photographers Cole Weston and George
Tice, Barret's print work has been part of numerous gallery and museum
exhibitions. He has also done the Wet-Plate process in Ireland for a
recent Guinness commercial and in Romania for the motion picture Cold
Mountain. In addition, he has written articles on photography and
contributed to demonstrations and workshops.
"Everyone can do a character the way they want to do it, unless the
director tells them not to, which isn't very common. I like to do my
characters, if it's not specific in the script, as myself." (from a
1985 "Starlog" interview)
