Edward Willis Barnett (May 8, 1899 – November 8, 1987) was an American naval officer, fencer, and art photographer.
[1] Barnett grew up in Birmingham, Alabama and attended the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.
As an accomplished fencer with the épée, he competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam for the United States, but won only one match.
[2] Barnett became acquainted with art photographer Man Ray while living in Paris' Montparnasse district.
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