Back to the photos - I recall a TNR guy commenting on your previous post about stock photos ie they used the big black headline box because they mostly used stock photos, so the quality wasn't what it might be, so it's ok you can't see them. This struck me as odd or disingenuous at the time. Why bother with photos at all if they suck vs "this is the best reason I can come up with".

So now I like that they let the viewer see the photo, (stock photo certainly does not equal sucky photo) although the black box headline still looks odd to my eye.