In our imaginary ICE briefing, the photograph has been asked to make itself less identifiable. It was supposed to support an explanation, not bring along a person who could complicate it.
AP reports FIEL disputes ICE’s suspect photo: “the man in the photo is actually Jose Hector Jimenez, who died years ago”. That is FIEL’s account, not an official finding.
Our fictional briefer explains that the picture has already been cleared for release. The picture asks whether that establishes who is in it. The briefer says it establishes that the picture was cleared for release. This is excellent progress, provided nobody changes the question.
The photographer offers to improve the focus. The briefer recoils. Focus is what got the image into this conversation. Could it instead be made more generally authoritative? A confident border, perhaps. A serious typeface. Something that says identification without insisting on identifying anybody.
The imaginary picture declines to become a logo for the institution that issued it. It is a photograph. Its unreasonable professional interest is in the person shown, not the confidence of the person showing it.
The photograph is clear. The explanation is the part requesting a blur.
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