The recently nearly-reverent attitude toward our forefathers and ancient rabbis is near-blasphemous. Perhaps this was caused by the political necessity of unitary decision-making by Agudas Israel.
One outgrowth is the recent prohibition (see Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner quoted here) against showing the visage (even via dramatic illustration) of Moshe, David Hamelech, et al. (in their adult years, anyway), see the approbations on the wonderful educational comics by rabbis Mordechai Chalamish and David Bichman.
On the other hand, we have a profusion of actual Gedolim photos (emblazoned with the out-of-context verse referring to Hashem: “והיו עיניך רואות את מוריך”)…
Most important, one should make it known this “prohibition” is a recent invention, with zero textual support.