Ok, so that means using PHAsset.fetchAssets() correct? Are there any examples showing how I can take a reference from the PHPhotoLibrary and store it in something like CoreData and then reference it later from a list view?

Did anything come of your DTS?

I don't think the actual delay is necessary. If you just use DispatchQueue.main.async {} it seems to solve it as well. I'm just not sure what the side effects of this would be?