{"id":45,"date":"2026-09-12T13:34:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T13:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2026-09-12T13:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T13:34:26","slug":"image-copyright-credit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/?page_id=45","title":{"rendered":"Image, Copyright and Credit Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bk-trust-page\" data-barnakle-policy=\"image-copyright-credit\">\n<header class=\"bk-trust-hero\">\n<div class=\"bk-trust-shell\">\n<p class=\"bk-trust-eyebrow\">VISUAL INTEGRITY<\/p>\n<h1>Image, Copyright and Credit Policy<\/h1>\n<p class=\"bk-trust-intro\">Images should deepen understanding, respect rights and accurately represent what readers are being shown.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bk-trust-updated\">Last updated September 9, 2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"bk-trust-shell bk-trust-layout\">\n<aside><strong>On this page<\/strong><\/p>\n<nav><a href=\"#image-sources\">01 Image sources<\/a><a href=\"#accuracy-and-manipulation\">02 Accuracy and manipulation<\/a><a href=\"#ai-generated-visuals\">03 AI-generated visuals<\/a><a href=\"#respect-and-sensitivity\">04 Respect and sensitivity<\/a><a href=\"#rights-concerns\">05 Rights concerns<\/a><\/nav>\n<\/aside>\n<p><main class=\"bk-trust-content\"><\/p>\n<section id=\"image-sources\"><span>01<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Image sources<\/h2>\n<p>Barnakle may use original photography, properly licensed media, public-domain material, press assets used within their terms, diagrams, maps and appropriately disclosed synthetic illustrations. Credits and licence information are retained where required.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"accuracy-and-manipulation\"><span>02<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Accuracy and manipulation<\/h2>\n<p>Documentary images are not altered in ways that mislead readers about the underlying event or evidence. Routine cropping and tonal adjustments are acceptable when they preserve meaning. Composites, reconstructions and illustrations are labelled when context requires it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"ai-generated-visuals\"><span>03<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>AI-generated visuals<\/h2>\n<p>Synthetic visuals must not be presented as authentic evidence of a real event, person, place, species or scientific observation. Materially generated or reconstructed images are labelled in the caption or nearby disclosure.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"respect-and-sensitivity\"><span>04<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Respect and sensitivity<\/h2>\n<p>We consider privacy, dignity, cultural context, safety and the public interest before publishing sensitive imagery. We avoid visuals chosen solely to shock or exaggerate.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"rights-concerns\"><span>05<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Rights concerns<\/h2>\n<p>If you believe Barnakle has used material incorrectly, contact us with the page URL, identification of the work, your relationship to the rights holder and supporting information. We will assess the request and may temporarily restrict the material while reviewing it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"bk-trust-end\"><strong>Curious by nature. Accountable by design.<\/strong><a href=\"\/contact\/\">Contact Barnakle \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VISUAL INTEGRITY Image, Copyright and Credit Policy Images should deepen understanding, respect rights and accurately represent what readers are being shown. Last updated September 9, 2026 On this page 01 Image sources02 Accuracy and manipulation03 AI-generated visuals04 Respect and sensitivity05 Rights concerns 01 Image sources Barnakle may use original photography, properly licensed media, public-domain material, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-45","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121,"href":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions\/121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}