That's great.  I especially like the one where he's holding the gun,
but they're all excellent.

--- In Barret_Oliver_Fans@yahoogroups.com, "Risa"
<loochiferblackwell@...> wrote:
>
> Hey you all...
>
> I just got photoshop on my laptop and I decided to play around with
a
> couple Barret photos...I posted some in the new album "fan made
> art"...Let me know what you think!Thanks..
>

--- In Barret_Oliver_Fans@yahoogroups.com, "Risa"
<loochiferblackwell@...> wrote:
>
> Hey you all...
>
> I just got photoshop on my laptop and I decided to play around with
a
> couple Barret photos...I posted some in the new album "fan made
> art"...Let me know what you think!Thanks..
>
is very nice!!! i like the pics u made,keep doing the same thing cause
u have talent.

Hey you all...

I just got photoshop on my laptop and I decided to play around with a
couple Barret photos...I posted some in the new album "fan made
art"...Let me know what you think!Thanks..

--- In Barret_Oliver_Fans@yahoogroups.com, "realplayer54"
<realplayer54@...> wrote:
>
> I don't see how you guys are saying he looks old.  I don't see any
> gray hairs and it really doesn't look like he's balding that much.
> Also, he's not doing too bad if he looks like his father when he gets
> older.
>
> --- In Barret_Oliver_Fans@yahoogroups.com, "Risa"
> <loochiferblackwell@> wrote:
> >
> > i am speechless..i can't believe that is him...there is no way...He
> > looks like he's 60 yrs old not 34!!!! WOW...wtf happened to him!??
> HE
> > used to be sOOO GORGEOUS as a kid!!!ahhhh I'm freaking OUT RIGHT NOW
> >
>
Well I think he looks his age. He has elected to not be in a very
modern occupation vis a vis historical photographic methods and is a
member of the historical society ... thus the connection with the
Castle etc. and the memorial service. He looks the part and given his
Scientology background growing up( he was editor of their Celebrity
Magazine for a period of time in the very late 90's )I'm not surprised
by his shoices . Photography was a love of his for a long time and his
schooling reflects somewhat his "journalism" background. So try not to
be so surprised. He occasionally does some historic photo technical
work in the film industry. I think everyone should respect his
election to not be public with his personal history.

I use to be gorgeous also, at least I still am on the inside where it
counts. Some of us change more than others. A few years ago someone
approached me and said " you haven't changed since high school " (
decades before )and honestly I couldn't recognize him until he better
identified himself. So goes life.

I don't believe that anyone here thinks any less of him just because of
his change of appearance, at least not on my end. All I am stating is
my opinion on how much different he looks now. I never once stated that
just because he may have dreads or a long beard is he not a "good"
person or anything of that matter. It is just a bit shocking to see
someone who, I in fact, used to be very admirable of when I was a young
girl change so dramatically! As a matter of fact, I think that his
whole persona and appearance is quite awesome! He is a
creative/brilliant guy with a unique look to him! I find that very
attractive! As I recall the photos of his father, he was an attractive
older looking gentlemen which Barret resembles quite so! I apologize if
any of you took my comment the wrong way. I'm sure all of you were just
as shocked to see the photo as I was and you all, of course, have your
own opinions as well, I just happen to state them in a certain manner.


--- In Barret_Oliver_Fans@yahoogroups.com, "mumofcassiesophiaeloise"
<mumandkids@...> wrote:
>
> Sorry, had to come back.
>
> While I agree that baldness is genetic I am very sused by the post
> that determines he was '52%' likely to lose hair like his father.
> Hahaha, what a pretentious post!
>
> The next reason I'm back is to say well done again finding pics of
> him, most likely to be him. But goodness, what is the problem, he was
> a neat person- if he now has dreads then does it make him any less of
> a person?! Good on him, hopefully he is happy and blessed! With
> comments like these no wonder he didn't want people to know it was
> him. I think he's doing great.... just my opinion LOL.
>

I don't see how you guys are saying he looks old.  I don't see any
gray hairs and it really doesn't look like he's balding that much.
Also, he's not doing too bad if he looks like his father when he gets
older.

--- In Barret_Oliver_Fans@yahoogroups.com, "Risa"
<loochiferblackwell@...> wrote:
>
> i am speechless..i can't believe that is him...there is no way...He
> looks like he's 60 yrs old not 34!!!! WOW...wtf happened to him!??
HE
> used to be sOOO GORGEOUS as a kid!!!ahhhh I'm freaking OUT RIGHT NOW
>

Sorry, had to come back.

While I agree that baldness is genetic I am very sused by the post
that determines he was '52%' likely to lose hair like his father.
Hahaha, what a pretentious post!

The next reason I'm back is to say well done again finding pics of
him, most likely to be him. But goodness, what is the problem, he was
a neat person- if he now has dreads then does it make him any less of
a person?! Good on him, hopefully he is happy and blessed! With
comments like these no wonder he didn't want people to know it was
him. I think he's doing great.... just my opinion LOL.

Well welcome to the group! Yeah I was completely shocked to see him
too..Yeah I hope that isn't Barret and hopefully there is some guy out
there with the same name, but it is such a coinsidence considering that
I have heard from various accounts that his picture is inside of his
new book that he wrote and they state that he, in fact, has a long
beard, dread locks, and wears glasses!! Yes this is a far cry from the
adorable young man he "used" to look like. We all know he is totally
over the acting business and probably doesn't want to be recognized
based on who he used to be, but seriously though, someone who walks
around with long dreads and a long beard is bound to have attention
drawn to them. As said before, the man in the pictures could possibly
be someone else with the same name, I guess the only way we'll know is
if an accurate picture is posted, not just an action photo of his
profile or him looking down. Hopefully one will sprout!




> HEY GUYS. :] I am a new member in this group. I am soooo SHOCKED to
> see the new pic. I've also seen it in Flickr, but I didn't believe
> that it was Barret. And until now, I will not believe that it is him.
> His face during his childhood was SOOOOOO different as of now. Maybe
> that "Barret Oliver" has also the same name with the true Barret that
> we are idolizing. Maybe they have just the same name. That
> hairy-Barret is not like 34 yrs old man, he looks like 65+ yrs. old.
> :-o I still couldn't believe that it was him. And I will not believe
> still, swear. :|
>

--- In Barret_Oliver_Fans@yahoogroups.com, "zygodactyl01"
<zygodactyl_1@...> wrote:
>
>  Thanks Risa for this post. It has been good to view a picture that
> very likely is that of Barret.
>  Your take upon his appearance is that he looks very old. His hair is
> still dark, and his face lacks wrinkles, so I estimate that your view
> of his looks comes from the fact that his hairline has receded a bit.
>  If you look more closely at the picture, you will notice that he is
> looking somewhat downward, which of course will highlight his forehead
> in a photo. If you look at his childhood pictures closely, you will
> notice in certain pictures that his real hair line is on the high side
> of the norm.
>  I have been a fan of Barrets for many years. Years ago I had come
> across his various fan-sites and their respective pictures of him. I
> noticed a few pictures of Barret that included his biological parents,
> and I figured that Barret had roughly a 52% chance of becoming bald
> like his 40ish year old father in those photos because baldness is
> genetic.
>  I have seen balding men in their 20's, so it is not at all surprising
> to me to see a guy in his 30s with a balding head. Indeed, I began to
> get a duke-like bald spot on the back of my head back when I was in my
> 20's. Fortunately for me, the bald spot continues to grow very slowly.
>  I have also seen mean in their 60's or 70's with a head full of
> naturally dark hair. Hair is not a good external measurement of age. I
> have found that closely looking at a mans face is a better but still
> imperfect way of judging age range. I find women to even be harder to
> gage on age range. Age really isn't very important in our day to day
> relationships aside from our desire to talk about past events during
> era s  that the other person very likely had also lived through.
>  Thanks again for the photo / info. I hope to see and learn more about
> Barret and his present life as time progresses.
> Bman
>
> --- In Barret_Oliver_Fans@yahoogroups.com, "Risa"
> <loochiferblackwell@> wrote:
> >
> > i am speechless..i can't believe that is him...there is no way...He
> > looks like he's 60 yrs old not 34!!!! WOW...wtf happened to him!?? HE
> > used to be sOOO GORGEOUS as a kid!!!ahhhh I'm freaking OUT RIGHT NOW
> >
>


HEY GUYS. :] I am a new member in this group. I am soooo SHOCKED to
see the new pic. I've also seen it in Flickr, but I didn't believe
that it was Barret. And until now, I will not believe that it is him.
His face during his childhood was SOOOOOO different as of now. Maybe
that "Barret Oliver" has also the same name with the true Barret that
we are idolizing. Maybe they have just the same name. That
hairy-Barret is not like 34 yrs old man, he looks like 65+ yrs. old.
:-o I still couldn't believe that it was him. And I will not believe
still, swear. :|

Well...since realplayer found the first new BO pic on Flickr.com, I
thought I would check it out just to see if there would be anymore pics
of our beloved Barret, and as push comes to shove, there sure were! The
same guy who posted the first one posted this one as well. They must
know the same people because this was at an event which was held by the
same people who were at the funeral in the first new picture. I don't
believe that this person knows Barret personally or else I would think
he would take a photo of Barret actually posing for a picture, not an
action photo. Well...if lucks rolls our way, this anonymous guy will
post some more pics of BO, until then my search is still on for new and
improved pics!

Salutations!

He looks like the Idomo guy, lol.

Thanks Risa for this post. It has been good to view a picture that
very likely is that of Barret.
  Your take upon his appearance is that he looks very old. His hair is
still dark, and his face lacks wrinkles, so I estimate that your view
of his looks comes from the fact that his hairline has receded a bit.
  If you look more closely at the picture, you will notice that he is
looking somewhat downward, which of course will highlight his forehead
in a photo. If you look at his childhood pictures closely, you will
notice in certain pictures that his real hair line is on the high side
of the norm.
  I have been a fan of Barrets for many years. Years ago I had come
across his various fan-sites and their respective pictures of him. I
noticed a few pictures of Barret that included his biological parents,
and I figured that Barret had roughly a 52% chance of becoming bald
like his 40ish year old father in those photos because baldness is
genetic.
  I have seen balding men in their 20's, so it is not at all surprising
to me to see a guy in his 30s with a balding head. Indeed, I began to
get a duke-like bald spot on the back of my head back when I was in my
20's. Fortunately for me, the bald spot continues to grow very slowly.
  I have also seen mean in their 60's or 70's with a head full of
naturally dark hair. Hair is not a good external measurement of age. I
have found that closely looking at a mans face is a better but still
imperfect way of judging age range. I find women to even be harder to
gage on age range. Age really isn't very important in our day to day
relationships aside from our desire to talk about past events during
era s  that the other person very likely had also lived through.
  Thanks again for the photo / info. I hope to see and learn more about
Barret and his present life as time progresses.
Bman

--- In Barret_Oliver_Fans@yahoogroups.com, "Risa"
<loochiferblackwell@...> wrote:
>
> i am speechless..i can't believe that is him...there is no way...He
> looks like he's 60 yrs old not 34!!!! WOW...wtf happened to him!?? HE
> used to be sOOO GORGEOUS as a kid!!!ahhhh I'm freaking OUT RIGHT NOW
>

Merry x-mas/happy holidays to all of you and most importantly Barret
=]....

Just want to say happy new year to all! Another year had pass. Hope
everyone will be the same barret fans as before. :-)

Regards!

Daryl.

I've just noticed how most of the images I've looked up lately on
Yahoo pull up images from Flickr.  It's the new Youtube of photos and
is still growing.  I think I may have looked up his name before and it
returned NO results.  This photo was just added within the last couple
of months.  I hear that this is how he looks on a photo on the jacket
of his novel, History of the Woodbury Type, so going by that
description, this pic is accurate.

--- In Barret_Oliver_Fans@yahoogroups.com, "Risa"
<loochiferblackwell@...> wrote:
>
> First and foremost thanks for posting the new pic, I'm pretty sure
his
> fans were eager to see what he looks like currently, but I am
> curious...I have been searching him on many different engines and it
is
> very hard finding new info. on him and I was just wondering how did
you
> come across this pic and who would've known that this would be on
> flickr!?
>

Wow, good spotting. He definitely does. And yet JS was only born 1986
so it makes you realise how fast time has flown. The rest of us
(Barret included) are a little older than we used to be *sigh*. I wish
B all the best, his photographs are certainly striking and skilled.
Photography is also a quieter way to observe life at a distance rather
than participating directly, so it DOESN'T matter what he looks like
or acts like now eh. All the best to him. Thank you to the rest of you
too for satisfying my curiosity about such an epic film and its
actors. x

First and foremost thanks for posting the new pic, I'm pretty sure his
fans were eager to see what he looks like currently, but I am
curious...I have been searching him on many different engines and it is
very hard finding new info. on him and I was just wondering how did you
come across this pic and who would've known that this would be on
flickr!?

Look up this actor named "Johnny Simmons"...he looks identical to
Barret when he was older (circa 1988)..Its uncanny! This kid was in
Evan Almighty, he plays one of Steve Carrell's sons...He's really good
looking, just like Barret. Do you agree???

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2215447/

I wish there was a different angle perhaps...It is only a pic of him
looking down and who knows if that is even him!! Ill bet if he looked
up or something it would be easier to identify him...and yes ill bet he
still does have those beautiful eyes under all that hair
lol...regardless best of luck to him...and how the movie world misses
him as do I! =]

This image is from flickr.com.  It's part of a set of pictures of
individual people at the funeral.  Since the person who died seems
to be a kind of celebrity in some circles, he seems to have
attracted other artists.  Thus, the great photographer Barret Oliver.

--- In Barret_Oliver_Fans@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Ericksen"
<saint_tom93@...> wrote:
>
> I believe the reason Barret quit the movie industry was that his
Co-
> star in Scenes was killed by a stalker -- That would be enough to
drive
> me into another industry -- Tom ERicksen
>
>  It is always a pity when a wonderful person, who touched us
>  profoundly, leaves the "scene".  However, as a person who's
active
>  in the entertainment industry, I understand the reasons why
>  Barret stopped acting. If I am well informed, he felt that he
>  wasn't treated well. Child actors are children and not "heaps of
> flesh" that you place before a camera. Working in the film
business is
>  idealised by the publicists. The profession sells "dreams", but
in
>  order to create these dreams, the tactics aren't always proper.
They
> are certainly not always child-friendly. In an environment in
which
>  there is a lot of rivalry and envy, it isn't always the best side
of
> the other that surfaces. This can hurt! Sometimes, to preserve
>  yourself, you have to take a distance. I read that Oliver Barret
is
>  now a photographer. In a way, this activity allows him to stay in
>  touch with what he did as a child, without the burdens. I too
wish
>  him the best!
>

I believe the reason Barret quit the movie industry was that his Co-
star in Scenes was killed by a stalker -- That would be enough to drive
me into another industry -- Tom ERicksen

  It is always a pity when a wonderful person, who touched us
  profoundly, leaves the "scene".  However, as a person who's active
  in the entertainment industry, I understand the reasons why
  Barret stopped acting. If I am well informed, he felt that he
  wasn't treated well. Child actors are children and not "heaps of
flesh" that you place before a camera. Working in the film business is
  idealised by the publicists. The profession sells "dreams", but in
  order to create these dreams, the tactics aren't always proper. They
are certainly not always child-friendly. In an environment in which
  there is a lot of rivalry and envy, it isn't always the best side of
the other that surfaces. This can hurt! Sometimes, to preserve
  yourself, you have to take a distance. I read that Oliver Barret is
  now a photographer. In a way, this activity allows him to stay in
  touch with what he did as a child, without the burdens. I too wish
  him the best!

Wow, he is a bit hairy isn't he?!?!? Assuming that was him? I still
wonder why he chose to not continue acting. Was he a really private
person?

I wouldn't really worry about his looks if I were you.  It's no
telling how he still looks under all that hair.

--- In Barret_Oliver_Fans@yahoogroups.com, "Risa"
<loochiferblackwell@...> wrote:
>
> i am speechless..i can't believe that is him...there is no way...He
> looks like he's 60 yrs old not 34!!!! WOW...wtf happened to him!??
HE
> used to be sOOO GORGEOUS as a kid!!!ahhhh I'm freaking OUT RIGHT NOW
>

It's on here under his photos...Go under the "miscellaneous" section
and its there! Yeah...I even saw pics of Noah and I personally thought
that he aged very well...he is still a cutie, but Barret, in my opinion
was the cutest kid ever and I was sad to say disappointed to see this
new pic...If you don't see the pic I'd be happy to upload it or send it
to you..

Where's the pic? Can you please provide a link? Although you have to
admit, the only one of the other two children from Never Ending Story
I'd seen recent pics of, who still looked beautiful, was the princess.
Alas, how we all age! Would you post the link though please? :))))

i am speechless..i can't believe that is him...there is no way...He
looks like he's 60 yrs old not 34!!!! WOW...wtf happened to him!?? HE
used to be sOOO GORGEOUS as a kid!!!ahhhh I'm freaking OUT RIGHT NOW