Born in New Jersey in 1951. “I grew up both in front of and behind the lens of the camera,” Barnett explains. When she was still young her father started challenging her with little assignments. Barnett has a BA in History of Art and Art from Marymount College, Tarrytown.
During her time as a student, she worked at Perls Gallery in Manhattan. When the Perls Gallery closed in 1997, Barnett studied graphic design and computer-based photography at the School of Visual Arts in New York, before setting up her own studio in TriBeCa, location for the first T-shirt photos.
