{"id":665541,"date":"2025-04-28T00:56:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T04:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=665541"},"modified":"2025-04-28T01:01:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T05:01:00","slug":"photos-are-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/28\/photos-are-king\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS ARE KING."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the world of AI, photos are the last real things which exist?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"1280\" data-attachment-id=\"665543\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/28\/photos-are-king\/img_9586-3\/\" 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