[Terretta]

That is not the picture. In two decades of computer science I'd never before seen that picture.

This is the picture: https://www.google.com/search?q=lena+image+processing&sa...

Unless the audience was 12, I'm unable to imagine a single "giggle" or "snicker" in reaction to it. Perhaps this was PR hyperbole or in the mind of the beholder.

That said, if the idea is to add Fabio to this standard set (which includes the mentioned baboon, btw) ...

http://opticalengineering.spiedigitallibrary.org/data/Journa...

... then why not. There's a benefit to a direct face shot that's less of a bonobo.