Problem with pictures in Safari 16.4

This seems to have something to do with the experimental feature"Lazy image loading". Disabling it in "Develop->Experimental Features->Lazy image loading" made the issue disappear.

Edit: Since the link to a related thread was removed, you can enable the Develop menu in the Advanced tab of the Safari preferences.

[Link Edited by Moderator]

Disable "lazy loading" in the Develop | Experimental menu.

For detailed steps, including how to enable the Develop menu, see this post:

Images on my website not showing in safar… - Apple Community

Well, after some additional digging, I did find out that my computer has been deemed obsolete....so, nothing I do will make it work better. My computer will no longer be supported as of the end of this year. Hopefully anyone else looking at this thread can compare their computer to mine and see if they, too, need to purchase a new one. So sad...this computer has worked brilliantly for over 10 years.

The Last version of SAFARI Version 17.0 (17616.1.27.111.22, 17616) seems to have solved the problem !!!
Yeah!! many thanks Apple

Someone over in MacRumors recommended disabling "GPU Process: Canvas rendering" and "GPU Process: DOM rendering" in Safari->Develop->Experimental Features to solve the problem.

It seems to have worked so far for me after clearing the cache & cookies, quitting Safari, and restarting.

We'll see!

I've had the same experience... but coincidentally, a couple of days ago, I turned off both the dynamic desktop feature as well as the screen saver (just using a still photo as desktop)... and this has had 2 quite different effects: 1) no longer have distorted pics in safari, and 2) iCloud functions a bit more efficiently. Have no clue why. But maybe it helps...

I just tried disabling "Lazy Loading" in Safari 16.6, on Monterey 12.6.8

Initially it seems to work like a charm. This is very quick and easy to disable in the Develop Menu.

I will update this post if anything changes.

The latest update to 16.5 seems to fix the problem. Just make sure you (fully) shut down and restart after the upgrade. A simple restart did not do the trick!

This worked for me on Washington Post.

I disabled Lazy image loading and Lazy iframe loading, then emptied cache, and opened a new Washington Post page in a Private Window. The images did not become distorted when viewing or selecting.

Contacted Apple support and after talking to 4 or 5 different techs a supervisor finally contacted me and told me that since my iMac can no longer be updated past Monterey that any problems that arise will no longer be supported. I guess we either change browsers or buy a new Mac.

I uninstalled Safari Technology Preview and this issue seems to have gone away

Private browsing helps isolate the page from existing cache.

But Washington Post isn't working now, either. The top right is split, with the bottom half the photo for an article about a Puerto Rican trying to rent a car in Louisiana and Hertz wouldn't rent to him without a passport (Puerto Ricans are US citizens). Bottom right illustration is for a review of Josh Hawley's book on masculinity, not US default and Medicare. The bottom part of the Hawley illustration is what's at the top of the other one ...

Experiencing the same with the latest Safari upgrade. Reinstalled Mac OS Monterey. Still having the same issue. Tried opening webpages with distorted images on Firefox and Chrome and they are loading properly.