No, what you are seeing is NOT an A.I. generated photo...this is the real thing. Of course, it was never intended to be released. It was intended for the garbage can.
This was about 1980, when Ann Martin started co-anchoring the 5 p.m. News on Channel 7. I worked on the Eyewitness News stage, as an ABC Page, taking care of all the various guests that would be on the news on any day. One day the management wanted a new promo photo of the news team and did a photo shoot on the news stage. A few days later, the photographer or marketing department at ABC7, brought over the proofs of the shots for the news team's approval. After the news was over, everyone broke for dinner, and left. As I was leaving too, I saw that this particular photo was left for trash. I wasn't about to let this little piece of local TV history get dumped.
The photo is of Tawny Little, Jerry Dunphy, and Dr. George Fischbeck, standing left to right, and Paul Moyer, Christine Lund and Ann Martin seated.— with Curt Sandoval and 6 others