Dib Is there you in this photo? No. That's incorrect.
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DibIs there you in this photo?No. That's incorrect.
DibAre you in this photo?That's right.
DibIs thereThis is the question form of the existential there construction There is. This kind of construction takes an indefinite noun phrase like "a cup" or "a key" or "a knife". "you" is not indefinite; it's a definite expression. Therefore, you can have Is there a cup in the photo? or Is there a knife in the phone? but not
DibAlso is the following possible: Is John there in that photo?That's a wordy form of Is John in that photo? Here you have locative there, not existential there, so you can say that, but there is the same as in that photo so the word there is not necessary. Nevertheless, that sentence is possible, and the meaning is