Photo Intelligence Lab by Narkis

Public research on AI photography and professional identity.

We study how people judge photos online, where AI photography helps, where it raises hard questions, and how professional photo access is changing.

Flagship studies

Research now in progress

Trust and first impressions

Study in progress

AI Headshot Blind Test

A public study designed to measure whether people can distinguish AI headshots from professional and amateur photos.

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Pricing and access

Methodology draft

Professional Headshot Costs by City

A snapshot-based pricing report that will compare observed professional headshot pricing across cities once coverage is ready.

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Methodology promise

What we will and will not claim

Questions, hypotheses, methodology, status, and results are separated.

Results are published only when based on real votes, observed pricing, or clearly labeled sources.

Sample sizes, coverage labels, and update dates must be visible when data exists.

Narkis's commercial interest in AI photography is disclosed on research pages.

Narkis benefits commercially from AI photography. That makes methodology clarity important: hypotheses are labeled as hypotheses, in-progress studies are labeled as in progress, and results are published only when they are backed by real observed data.

Research areas

Where the lab is focused

Trust and first impressions

Professional identity

Pricing and access

AI detection and authenticity

Dating and social photos

Family and official photos

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