In case you're wondering it was made by George Etheredge. It was used in an NYT article about the artist Chuck Close.
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Haha, the mystery is solved.
pp_mcqueennone's comment showed me the the way the "photoshop" was made. The photographer took a close-up photo of a mosaic artwork in a NYC subway: archive.today • Art Underground: A First Look at the Second Avenue Subway - The New York Times.
Ninja edit: Haha x2. He didn't even do that much. I checked the photo credit and I learned he took the original subway photo. All he did to make the eye was crop that.
That's the smart thing to do. I always feel the need to reply even though it's pointless. Anyway - I've got a reply ready to go that's not "Thanks a fucking lot, buddy" and getting a reply by a mod that's a one week "temp" ban.
the trick for me has been to disable inbox replies when I'm done with someone so you never read the dumbass response