diff --git a/src/bggpipe/static/app.css b/src/bggpipe/static/app.css
index 7ad6db1..62343d4 100644
--- a/src/bggpipe/static/app.css
+++ b/src/bggpipe/static/app.css
@@ -391,6 +391,11 @@ button.danger { color: var(--stop-ink); border-color: var(--stop); background: #
 .shot img { width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4/3; object-fit: cover; display: block; }
 .shot .meta { padding: .4rem .6rem; font-size: .78rem; color: var(--ink-soft); }
 .shot .meta b { color: var(--ink); }
+.fullshot {
+  width: 100%; max-height: 60vh; object-fit: contain;
+  background: var(--navy); border: var(--line); border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
+  display: block; margin-bottom: 1rem;
+}
 
 /* -- queue + library --------------------------------------------------- */
 .ledger { background: var(--board); border: var(--line); border-radius: var(--radius-lg); padding: .4rem 1rem; box-shadow: var(--shadow-card); }
diff --git a/src/bggpipe/static/app.js b/src/bggpipe/static/app.js
index 78e33b0..d8eae8f 100644
--- a/src/bggpipe/static/app.js
+++ b/src/bggpipe/static/app.js
@@ -80,3 +80,12 @@ async function refreshBadges() {
 }
 refreshBadges().catch(() => {});
 setInterval(() => refreshBadges().catch(() => {}), 5000);
+
+/* Status chip for a catalog entry — shared by the catalog and photo pages. */
+function statusChip(c) {
+  if (c.status === "awaiting_resolve") return `<span class="chip wait">awaiting BGG</span>`;
+  if (c.status === "auto" || c.status === "approved") return `<span class="chip ok">${esc(c.status)}</span>`;
+  if (c.status === "rejected") return `<span class="chip no">rejected</span>`;
+  if (c.status === "merged") return `<span class="chip merged" title="merged into ${esc(c.merged_into)}">merged → ${esc(c.merged_into)}</span>`;
+  return `<span class="chip open">${esc(c.status)}</span>`;
+}
diff --git a/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/catalog.html b/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/catalog.html
index 686b945..7e1f1ca 100644
--- a/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/catalog.html
+++ b/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/catalog.html
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@
 "use strict";
 let CATALOG = [];
 
-function chip(c) {
-  if (c.status === "awaiting_resolve") return `<span class="chip wait">awaiting BGG</span>`;
-  if (c.status === "auto" || c.status === "approved") return `<span class="chip ok">${esc(c.status)}</span>`;
-  if (c.status === "rejected") return `<span class="chip no">rejected</span>`;
-  if (c.status === "merged") return `<span class="chip merged" title="merged into ${esc(c.merged_into)}">merged → ${esc(c.merged_into)}</span>`;
-  return `<span class="chip open">${esc(c.status)}</span>`;
-}
-
 function render() {
   const q = document.getElementById("catsearch").value.trim().toLowerCase();
   const rows = q
@@ -27,11 +19,11 @@ function render() {
     ? `<div class="catalog"><table>` + rows.map(c => `
       <tr>
         <td class="t">${esc(c.title_raw)}</td>
-        <td>${chip(c)}</td>
+        <td>${statusChip(c)}</td>
         <td class="meta">${c.bgg_name ? esc(c.bgg_name) + (c.bgg_id ? " · " + esc(c.bgg_id) : "") : ""}
             ${c.version_name ? " · " + esc(c.version_name) : ""}</td>
         <td class="meta">${c.photos.map(p =>
-          `<a href="/photos/${encodeURIComponent(p)}" target="_blank">${esc(p)}</a>`
+          `<a href="/photos/view/${encodeURIComponent(p)}">${esc(p)}</a>`
         ).join(", ")}</td>
       </tr>`).join("") + `</table></div>`
     : `<p class="empty">${CATALOG.length
diff --git a/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/photo.html b/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/photo.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31a6e00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/photo.html
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+<h1 id="photoname">Photo</h1>
+<div class="pagebar">
+  <a href="/photos">← all photos</a>
+  <span id="position"></span>
+  <a id="prevlink" hidden>previous</a>
+  <a id="nextlink" hidden>next</a>
+  <a id="rawlink" target="_blank">open full size</a>
+  <span class="keyhelp"><kbd>←</kbd>/<kbd>→</kbd> move between photos</span>
+</div>
+<div id="photobody"><p class="empty">Loading…</p></div>
+<script>
+"use strict";
+const NAME = decodeURIComponent(location.pathname.split("/").pop());
+document.getElementById("photoname").textContent = NAME;
+document.getElementById("rawlink").href = `/photos/${encodeURIComponent(NAME)}`;
+document.title = `bggpipe — ${NAME}`;
+
+function ticket(s) {
+  return `
+  <section class="ticket"
+           data-photo="${esc(s.photo)}" data-location="${esc(s.location)}"
+           data-partial="${esc(s.partial_text)}" data-art="${esc(s.art_notes)}">
+    <span class="stencil">reshoot</span>
+    <div>
+      <div class="loc">${esc(s.location) || "somewhere in this photo"}</div>
+      ${s.partial_text ? `<div class="partial">text visible: ${esc(s.partial_text)}</div>` : ""}
+      ${s.art_notes ? `<div class="notes">${esc(s.art_notes)}</div>` : ""}
+      <button class="dismiss">dismiss — found it / not a game</button>
+    </div>
+  </section>`;
+}
+
+function render(state, photos) {
+  const info = photos.find(p => p.name === NAME);
+  const body = document.getElementById("photobody");
+  if (!info) {
+    body.innerHTML = `<p class="empty">No photo named <b>${esc(NAME)}</b> is on file —
+      back to <a href="/photos">all photos</a>.</p>`;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const ix = photos.findIndex(p => p.name === NAME);
+  document.getElementById("position").innerHTML =
+    `<b>${ix + 1}</b> of <b>${photos.length}</b>`;
+  const prev = photos[ix - 1], next = photos[ix + 1];
+  const prevEl = document.getElementById("prevlink");
+  const nextEl = document.getElementById("nextlink");
+  prevEl.hidden = !prev;
+  nextEl.hidden = !next;
+  if (prev) prevEl.href = `/photos/view/${encodeURIComponent(prev.name)}`;
+  if (next) nextEl.href = `/photos/view/${encodeURIComponent(next.name)}`;
+
+  const titles = state.catalog.filter(c => c.photos.includes(NAME));
+  const tickets = state.unidentified.filter(s => s.photo === NAME);
+
+  let html = `
+  <a href="/photos/${encodeURIComponent(NAME)}" target="_blank">
+    <img class="fullshot" src="/photos/${encodeURIComponent(NAME)}"
+         alt="shelf photo ${esc(NAME)}"></a>`;
+
+  html += `<h2>Titles read from this photo <span class="count">— ${titles.length}</span></h2>`;
+  html += titles.length
+    ? `<div class="catalog"><table>` + titles.map(c => `
+      <tr>
+        <td class="t">${esc(c.title_raw)}</td>
+        <td>${statusChip(c)}</td>
+        <td class="meta">${c.bgg_name ? esc(c.bgg_name) + (c.bgg_id ? " · " + esc(c.bgg_id) : "") : ""}
+            ${c.version_name ? " · " + esc(c.version_name) : ""}</td>
+      </tr>`).join("") + `</table></div>`
+    : `<p class="empty">${info.extracted
+        ? "No titles were read from this photo."
+        : "Not extracted yet — run <b>extract</b> from the <a href='/'>pipeline</a>."}</p>`;
+
+  if (tickets.length) {
+    html += `<h2>Reshoot tickets <span class="count">— boxes seen here but not identified</span></h2>`;
+    html += tickets.map(ticket).join("");
+  }
+  body.innerHTML = html;
+
+  body.querySelectorAll(".dismiss").forEach(b => b.addEventListener("click", async () => {
+    const t = b.closest(".ticket");
+    const res = await apiPost("/api/dismiss", {
+      photo: t.dataset.photo, location: t.dataset.location,
+      partial_text: t.dataset.partial, art_notes: t.dataset.art,
+    });
+    if (res) refresh().catch(() => {});
+  }));
+}
+
+let LAST = null;
+async function refresh() {
+  const [state, photos] = await Promise.all([
+    fetchJSON("/api/state"),
+    fetchJSON("/api/photos-list"),
+  ]);
+  const payload = JSON.stringify([state.catalog, state.unidentified, photos]);
+  if (payload === LAST) return;
+  LAST = payload;
+  render(state, photos);
+}
+
+document.addEventListener("keydown", e => {
+  if (e.target.tagName === "INPUT") return;
+  if (e.key === "ArrowLeft" && !document.getElementById("prevlink").hidden)
+    location.href = document.getElementById("prevlink").href;
+  if (e.key === "ArrowRight" && !document.getElementById("nextlink").hidden)
+    location.href = document.getElementById("nextlink").href;
+});
+
+refresh().catch(err => errorBanner(err.message || err));
+pollLoop(refresh, 5000, () => showBanner(""));
+</script>
diff --git a/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/photos.html b/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/photos.html
index 9a7cc33..d80352f 100644
--- a/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/photos.html
+++ b/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/photos.html
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function render(state, photos) {
   document.getElementById("gallerycount").textContent = `— ${photos.length} on file`;
   document.getElementById("shots").innerHTML = photos.map(p => `
     <figure class="shot">
-      <a href="/photos/${encodeURIComponent(p.name)}" target="_blank" aria-label="open ${esc(p.name)} full size">
+      <a href="/photos/view/${encodeURIComponent(p.name)}" aria-label="open ${esc(p.name)} details">
         <img src="/photos/${encodeURIComponent(p.name)}" alt="shelf photo ${esc(p.name)}" loading="lazy"></a>
       <figcaption class="meta">${esc(p.name)}<br>
         ${p.extracted
diff --git a/src/bggpipe/webreview.py b/src/bggpipe/webreview.py
index 78ac201..02657eb 100644
--- a/src/bggpipe/webreview.py
+++ b/src/bggpipe/webreview.py
@@ -415,15 +415,18 @@ def create_app(
             },
         }
 
-    def render_page(name: str) -> str:
+    def render_page(name: str, active: str | None = None) -> str:
         """Server-side shell: shared sidebar + nav with aria-current, page
-        fragment substituted in. No template engine — three placeholders."""
+        fragment substituted in. No template engine — three placeholders.
+        `active` highlights a nav entry other than the fragment's own name
+        (a detail page keeps its section lit)."""
+        active = active or name
         templates = resources.files("bggpipe") / "templates"
         shell = (templates / "shell.html").read_text()
         fragment = (templates / "pages" / f"{name}.html").read_text()
         nav = "\n".join(
             f'    <a href="{href}"'
-            + (' aria-current="page"' if page == name else "")
+            + (' aria-current="page"' if page == active else "")
             + f">{label}"
             + (f'<span class="navbadge" data-badge="{badge}"></span>' if badge else "")
             + "</a>"
@@ -443,6 +446,12 @@ def create_app(
     def photos_page() -> str:
         return render_page("photos")
 
+    @app.get("/photos/view/{name}", response_class=HTMLResponse)
+    def photo_detail_page(name: str) -> str:
+        # the fragment reads the photo name from its own URL; the server
+        # never interpolates it (nothing to escape here)
+        return render_page("photo", active="photos")
+
     @app.get("/review", response_class=HTMLResponse)
     def review_page() -> str:
         return render_page("review")
diff --git a/tests/test_web_dashboard.py b/tests/test_web_dashboard.py
index 48a3e5f..cd26108 100644
--- a/tests/test_web_dashboard.py
+++ b/tests/test_web_dashboard.py
@@ -621,3 +621,15 @@ def test_pipeline_reports_badge_fields(tmp_path):
     p = _app(cfg).get("/api/pipeline").json()
     assert p["pending_review"] == 2  # one match + one edition decision
     assert p["to_add"] == 2  # header excluded
+
+
+def test_photo_detail_page_serves_with_photos_nav_active(tmp_path):
+    web = _app(_cfg(tmp_path))
+    html = web.get("/photos/view/shelf.jpg").text
+    assert "all photos" in html
+    # the Photos nav entry stays highlighted on the detail page
+    import re
+
+    (current,) = re.findall(r'<a href="([^"]+)" aria-current="page"', html)
+    assert current == "/photos"
+    assert 'src="/static/app.js"' in html