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HTML

<div class="image-box">
    <div class="image"></div>
    <div class="image-meta">
        <h2>TITLE</h2>
        <p>copy is here</p>
    </div>
</div>

CSS

.image-box{
    width: 300px;
    overflow:hidden;
    position: relative;
}
.image {
    text-align: center;
    width:300px;
    height:200px;
    background: url("http://lorempixel.com/300/200");
    background-position:center;
    transition: all 1s ease;
    -moz-transition: all 1s ease;
    -ms-transition: all 1s ease;
    -webkit-transition: all 1s ease;
    -o-transition: all 1s ease;
    transform: scale(1.2);
    -moz-transform: scale(1.2);
    -webkit-transform: scale(1.2);
    -o-transform: scale(1.2);
    -ms-transform: scale(1.2); /* IE 9 */
} 
.image-box:hover .image {
    transform: scale(1);
    -moz-transform: scale(1);
    -webkit-transform: scale(1);
    -o-transform: scale(1);
    -ms-transform: scale(1); /* IE 9 */
} 
.image-meta {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    right: 0;
}
h2 {
    padding: 10px 0 0 0;
}
h2, p { 
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    transform: scale(0.8333);
    -moz-transform: scale(0.8333);
    -webkit-transform: scale(0.8333);
    -o-transform: scale(0.8333);
    -ms-transform: scale(0.8333); /* IE 9 */
}