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diff --git a/packages/meshbay-node/src/meshbay_node/roster.py b/packages/meshbay-node/src/meshbay_node/roster.py
index 91e18cd..d6dc769 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-node/src/meshbay_node/roster.py
+++ b/packages/meshbay-node/src/meshbay_node/roster.py
@@ -664,6 +664,31 @@ class Roster:
         await self.set_setting(group_id, self.SETTING_AUDIO_ROOT, path or "", set_by)
         return path or ""
 
+    # Which folder(s) are the Photos app's entry points for this group —
+    # a *set*, unlike video_root/audio_root above: a photo library is
+    # routinely scattered across several unrelated folders (docs/photos.md
+    # §2.1), so there is no single natural root to pick. Stored the same way
+    # `enabled_apps` already is (json.dumps(sorted(...))). Empty/unset means
+    # nothing configured yet — same "show nothing until an operator has
+    # chosen" discipline video_root/audio_root already established, not
+    # "the whole group index".
+    SETTING_PHOTO_ROOTS = "photo_roots"
+
+    async def photo_roots(self, group_id: str) -> list[str]:
+        value = await self.get_setting(group_id, self.SETTING_PHOTO_ROOTS)
+        if value is None:
+            return []
+        try:
+            return list(json.loads(value))
+        except (ValueError, TypeError):
+            return []
+
+    async def set_photo_roots(self, group_id: str, roots: list[str],
+                              set_by: str = "") -> list[str]:
+        await self.set_setting(group_id, self.SETTING_PHOTO_ROOTS,
+                               json.dumps(sorted(roots)), set_by)
+        return roots
+
     # Whether TMDB lookups run for this group at all — per-group, unlike the
     # token/language above: one node process can share a real media library
     # group and several test/demo groups, and outbound TMDB traffic (and API