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# livePhoto

The Live Photo representation of the selected or captured photo.

```
static let livePhoto: UIImagePickerController.InfoKey
```

## Discussion

A Live Photo is a picture, that includes motion and sound from the moments just before and after its capture. On compatible devices, the Camera app captures all photos as Live Photos by default, but the [`imagePickerController:didFinishPickingImage:editingInfo:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIImagePickerControllerDelegate/imagePickerController:didFinishPickingImage:editingInfo:) method’s `image` parameter contains only the still image representation.

To obtain the motion and sound content of a live photo for display (using the <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/PhotosUI/PHLivePhotoView> class), include the `kUTTypeImage` and `kUTTypeLivePhoto` identifiers in the allowed media types when configuring an image picker controller. When the user picks or captures a Live Photo, the `editingInfo` dictionary contains the [`livePhoto`](/documentation/UIKit/UIImagePickerController/InfoKey/livePhoto) key, with a <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Photos/PHLivePhoto> representation of the photo as the corresponding value.

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