App is able to get photos without providing access to the photos. As a demo I created simple application with one VC, one button and one image view in it. And I was able to pick any image in photo gallery and present in the imageView. iOS 16.0 reproduces on any iPhones Here is a simple code example: import UIKit import Photos import PhotosUI class ViewController: UIViewController, PHPickerViewControllerDelegate, UINavigationControllerDelegate  {     @IBOutlet weak var selectedPhoto: UIImageView!     override func viewDidLoad() {         super.viewDidLoad()     }     @IBAction func selectPhoto(_ sender: Any) {         var configuration = PHPickerConfiguration()         configuration.selectionLimit = 1         configuration.filter = .images         let picker = PHPickerViewController(configuration: configuration)         picker.delegate = self         self.present(picker, animated: true)     }     func picker(_ picker: PHPickerViewController, didFinishPicking results: [PHPickerResult]) {         for result in results {             result.itemProvider.loadObject(ofClass: UIImage.self, completionHandler: { [weak self] image, error in                 if let image = image as? UIImage {                     DispatchQueue.main.async {                         self?.selectedPhoto.image = image                         picker.dismiss(animated: true)                     }                 }             })         }     } }