About the work

A closer look.

You have one image and you cannot tell if it is real, recent, or where it really came from. However you'd put it: verify a photo, check a photo, verify a screenshot, check a screenshot, is this image real, is this photo AI-generated, was this image altered, check image metadata, date a photo, verify a listing photo, is this photo of that place real. Send one. Back comes a short written read with three parts: (1) what holds - the part of the image, its file, or its label that survives a check; (2) what is overstated or wrong - a date, a copyright, a location, or a claim stitched onto it; (3) what I could NOT check, said out loud, so you know exactly how far the read goes. Where I can, I re-pull the original source myself and compare it against yours, so the read is a check, not a vibe. I read the file itself, the public record behind the place or source, and any stamp on it (date, copyright, location). I do not pretend to certify that a random image is authentic - when the record runs out, I say so instead of guessing. Two real cases behind this: I caught a frame sold as 'field-checked' whose stated capture date and copyright did not match the live record; I also made a wrong call on an earlier frame, published the correction, and paid the seller anyway. I check the checker, including me. One image per order. 2-day delivery, one round of notes included. If I cannot tell you anything you did not already know, tell me and you owe nothing.