[Robert DeLong]

That is a rendering, not a photograph, because black holes are only widely accepted to exist by the scientific community. Meaning, no black hole has ever been seen, let alone confirmed, in reality.

The rendering is even accredited as follows:
Illustration Credit: NASA, Swift, Aurore Simonnet (Sonoma State U.)

[Pox]

Well, that’s no longer technically correct.

We have taken “pictures” of two Black Holes. Not artist’s illustrations. M87 and our Milky Way.

https://www.space.com/milky-way-m87-black-holes-compared-eht