Not publishing an author photo on Elsevier journals This is related to Co-author does not want biography+photo in paper submission but specific to Elsevier journals. In the mentioned question, answers showed that for IEEE they have a policy where a biography/photo could be omitted.

Can a paper be published with Elsevier, in journals which ask for an author bio/photo, without the author photo?
You can find several journals which ask for this on https://www.google.com.au/search?q=site:elsevier.com+passport-like+photo
ASK THE EDITOR prior to submission.

In practice, some Elsevier editors do accept the absense of a photo. 

(That's all, folks; there is not much more to be said about it.)