Any way to replace functionality of Google Images?

[Guest]

It seems that in the last 48 hours Google Images disappeared. In the past, if I saw an image of an unidentified model at a website, I could right-click and hit "Search in Google Images" and most of the time I could find the name of the person in question. In the last 2 months or so, I saw that deleted, with in its places "Search in Google Lens," which was pretty useless, but at least it had an option on the bottom which said "Didn't find what you were looking for? Try Google Images," and I could click that. A bit of a pain in the ass, but still available. Now, in the last 2 days, that option is gone. There is nothing similar in Firefox or in Microsoft Edge that I can find, so I don't know any way now of identifying a person I see while trolling photos of handsome men, for example this one:

Is there some other application or method of searching for origins of photos any of you know of?

Edited July 29, 2022 by Unicorn

[+ robear]

Google Images is still available and functional for me in the US, using Firefox, Edge and Chrome. It may be country specific if you're not US-based, or using a VPN that puts you in the US. I know that doesn't answer your question about an alternative, but I doubt there is one as the technology relies on Google's amassing and cataloging, well, everything in the known universe.

[+ robear]

And using Google Images, it seems the pictured model's name is Raymond Zommer

[maninsoma]

Have you tried simply opening a new tab, entering "images/google.com" and then dragging the photo in question to the search box on that tab?

[MscleLovr]

Images still works for me, in Europe using Chrome and Safari. Have you considered @Unicorn that this is personal?
 

Perhaps the omniscient Google has decided you spend WAY too much time searching online for handsome young men? 😎

[Guest]

5 hours ago, robear said:

Google Images is still available and functional for me in the US, using Firefox, Edge and Chrome. It may be country specific if you're not US-based, or using a VPN that puts you in the US. I know that doesn't answer your question about an alternative, but I doubt there is one as the technology relies on Google's amassing and cataloging, well, everything in the known universe.

 

5 hours ago, maninsoma said:

Have you tried simply opening a new tab, entering "images/google.com" and then dragging the photo in question to the search box on that tab?

Thanks for the help. So, if I understand correctly, I can use google images, just not the right-click convenience, but rather as a separate window?

[maninsoma]

1 minute ago, Unicorn said:

 

Thanks for the help. So, if I understand correctly, I can use google images, just not the right-click convenience, but rather as a separate window?

 

Well, that's the way I've been using Google Images for a long time.  I will say that I find Google Image search less helpful than it was several years ago.  Most of the time I don't find a match, even the site I originally found the image on.

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, maninsoma said:

 

Well, that's the way I've been using Google Images for a long time.  I will say that I find Google Image search less helpful than it was several years ago.  Most of the time I don't find a match, even the site I originally found the image on.

Is there a better alternative?

[Guest]

6 hours ago, robear said:

And using Google Images, it seems the pictured model's name is Raymond Zommer

Thanks for the ID. It looks like he now goes by Raymond Zommerfeld Tezanos and works as a personal trainer and sometimes actor here in LA:

https://www.instagram.com/hotelray/?hl=en