Over the years, I’ve built up a massive photo collection of more than 200,000 images—scattered across too many drives and storage locations. I’ve finally consolidated them into my NextCloud, but it’s still a mess: tons of duplicates, multiple edits of the same photo, and redundant shots of the same subject that should have been sorted ages ago.
I’ve set up a PhotoPrism server, which is steadily (but slowly) scanning through my archive. So far, 9,000 images have been indexed, and it’s already helping me regain control. Once everything is in PhotoPrism, I’m excited to start using facial recognition (all on my own server, of course).
As someone who’s spent years shooting and developing analog film—including color and black-and-white—this digital cleanup feels like a new chapter. Can’t wait to rediscover what’s hidden in the archives.

#PhotoManagement #PhotoPrism #NextCloud #Photography #SelfHosted #FacialRecognition #PhotoArchiving #opensourephotography

Over the years, I’ve built up a massive photo collection of more than 200,000 images—scattered across too many drives and storage locations. I’ve finally consolidated them into my NextCloud, but it’s still a mess: tons of duplicates, multiple edits of the same photo, and redundant shots of the same subject that should have been sorted ages ago.
I’ve set up a PhotoPrism server, which is steadily (but slowly) scanning through my archive. So far, 9,000 images have been indexed, and it’s already helping me regain control. Once everything is in PhotoPrism, I’m excited to start using facial recognition (all on my own server, of course).
As someone who’s spent years shooting and developing analog film—including color and black-and-white—this digital cleanup feels like a new chapter. Can’t wait to rediscover what’s hidden in the archives.

#PhotoManagement #PhotoPrism #NextCloud #Photography #SelfHosted #FacialRecognition #PhotoArchiving #opensourephotography