Imagery medium, rights, representation, and crops are intentional
Photo, illustration, diagrams, and synthetic media have distinct jobs and governed metadata.
Guidance
Choose imagery from communication intent and require rights, consent, focal point, crop, accessibility, and synthetic-media provenance.
Do
- Review representation across the collection
- Preview every target crop around meaning-critical regions
Do not
- Stage authenticity or infer identity from appearance
- Publish synthetic media without required disclosure
Verification contract
Rights gate, representation review, crop matrix, alt-text review, and expiry check