John E. Barrett

John Barrett (b. 1951) is a New York photographer who has worked for The Muppets and other The Jim Henson Company properties as well as Sesame Workshop. Born in Tyler, Texas, Barrett worked as an apprentice / photojournalist for Conti Press, in Hamburg Germany. He then attended The Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. He assisted various photographers before finally opening his own studio in 1974 in New York City with photographer David Arky (who left to be on his own in 1976). Some of their early work included the famousFact|date=July 2008 National Lampoon poster, "Are You a Nerd?"

In December 2005, the Museum of Television and Radio in New York City presented an exhibit of Barrett's photography called Muppets Say Cheese, which ran through April 2006 and is slated to appear in other cities as well.

A recipient of every major photographic award,Fact|date=July 2008 John Barrett continues to photograph in New York City.

His clients have included ABC TV, Applause Inc., Apple & Eve, Arista Records, AT & T, Avis, Between The Lions, Buena Vista, Butterick Co., CBS TV, DDB Worldwide, Deustch Inc., Deutsche Telekom, Disney, Domino's Pizza, Fisher Price, Kraft Foods, Fuji Zerox Japan, Gentlemen's Quarterly, Golden Books, Grey Advertising, Harry Abrams Inc., Harvard Business School, Hasbro, Hilton Hotels, Holt, Rinehart Winston, IBM / J. Walter Thompson, The Jim Henson Company, Keebler, King Features, Kirshenbaum, Bond & Partners, Kodak, Leo Burnett USA, Microsoft, Mobile Oil, MTV, National Lampoon, NBC TV, New York Times, Nickelodeon, Nike, Oracle Computers, PBS Kids, People Magazine, PepsiCo, Polaroid, Random House, Salomon Smith Barney, Sesame Workshop, Shadow Projects, ShowTime Network, Simon & Schuster, Sirius Thinking, Sony Wonder Music, Time Life, TV Guide, Tyco Industries, United Media, Universal Studios, Universal Studios Japan, Vanity Fair, Vogue Knitting, Weekly Reader, WGBH TV, Workman Publishing.Fact|date=July 2008