Photos not appearing under Media->Photos in file upload dialog box (Chrome)

Ok i have a new Mac. New Mac user here. I have a samsung phone and have imported photos from my phone onto my Mac (I assume they are in the filesystem now). When i open "Photos" application i can see all my imported phone pics there.

Now i am using Chrome and I'm attempting to upload photos from my Mac into my wordpress blog. Same situation with facebook or any other website. When the finder dialog box opens and i go to Media->Photos there are no photos showing.

Is this some kind of permissions issue where the dialog that opens cannot access the photos in the photos application? Are the photos presented through the photos application actual files on the drive in the regular filesystem? I am not hooked up to iCloud.

The photos in the Photos app are stored in a library. You can drag them out on to the desktop, then open them in Chrome.

I had the exact same problem, Googled, and found your question here.

After I finally figured it out, I had to come back and share the solution with you:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204669

There is one more thing you can try. In Mojave Apple made security and permissions tighter. Try going to "Apple Icon" -> "System Preferences" -> "Security and Privacy" -> "Photos" and check the icon next to "Google Chrome". That should give permissions for using Photos to Chrome.

It is unfortunate that Chrome neither issues a warning nor asks for those permissions.