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+// @flow
+
+import invariant from 'invariant';
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import { fetchableMediaURI } from 'lib/media/media-utils.js';
+
+import EncryptedMultimedia from '../../../media/encrypted-multimedia.react.js';
+import { usePlaceholder } from '../../../media/media-utils.js';
+
+type MediaSource =
+  | {
+      +kind: 'plain',
+      +uri: string,
+      +thumbHash: ?string,
+    }
+  | {
+      +kind: 'encrypted',
+      +holder: string,
+      +encryptionKey: string,
+      +thumbHash: ?string,
+    };
+type Props = {
+  +imageSource: MediaSource,
+  +imageCSSClass: string,
+  +imageContainerCSSClass: string,
+  +onClick?: () => void,
+};
+function MediaGalleryItem(props: Props) {
+  const { imageSource, imageCSSClass, imageContainerCSSClass } = props;
+
+  const { thumbHash, encryptionKey } = imageSource;
+  const placeholderImage = usePlaceholder(thumbHash, encryptionKey);
+  const imageStyle = React.useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      background: placeholderImage
+        ? `center / cover url(${placeholderImage})`
+        : undefined,
+    }),
+    [placeholderImage],
+  );
+
+  let image;
+  if (imageSource.kind === 'plain') {
+    const uri = fetchableMediaURI(imageSource.uri);
+    image = <img src={uri} className={imageCSSClass} style={imageStyle} />;
+  } else if (imageSource.kind === 'encrypted') {
+    const { holder } = imageSource;
+    invariant(encryptionKey, 'encryptionKey undefined for encrypted image');
+    image = (
+      <EncryptedMultimedia
+        type="encrypted_photo"
+        holder={holder}
+        encryptionKey={encryptionKey}
+        placeholderSrc={placeholderImage}
+        multimediaClassName={imageCSSClass}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className={imageContainerCSSClass} onClick={props.onClick}>
+      {image}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+const MemoizedItem: React.ComponentType<Props> =
+  React.memo<Props>(MediaGalleryItem);
+
+export default MemoizedItem;