diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4742380..bc230b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 Self-hosted client gallery for photographers. Upload RAWs/JPGs into albums,
 share them with clients via private (optionally password-protected) links,
-collect ratings and tags, and let clients download originals.
+collect accept/reject votes, ratings and tags, and let clients download
+originals.
 
 ## Architecture
 
@@ -36,8 +37,10 @@ collect ratings and tags, and let clients download originals.
   revokes access immediately. Clients use unguessable share tokens, optionally
   gated by an argon2-hashed password (10 wrong guesses lock the link for
   15 minutes).
-- **Frontend**: React + Vite SPA — justified gallery, lightbox with rating
-  stars and tag chips, drag-and-drop multi-file upload with progress.
+- **Frontend**: React + Vite SPA — justified gallery, lightbox with
+  accept/reject thumbs, rating stars and tag chips, keyboard-driven culling
+  (`P`/`X`/`U`, `1`–`5`, `?` shows all shortcuts), drag-and-drop multi-file
+  upload with progress.
 
 ## Local development
 
@@ -135,9 +138,11 @@ Notes:
 - Each album can have any number of share links (`/s/<24-char-token>`), each
   with its own label (e.g. the client's name), optional password, optional
   expiry, and a per-link download toggle.
-- Ratings (1–5 stars) and free-form tags are stored **per link**, so create
-  one link per client to keep feedback separate. The album view shows all
-  feedback grouped by link label.
+- Accept/reject votes (👍/👎), ratings (1–5 stars) and free-form tags are
+  stored **per link**, so create one link per client to keep feedback
+  separate. The album view shows all feedback grouped by link label, and
+  clients can filter their gallery by verdict (e.g. review only what's still
+  undecided, or select-all + download the accepted set).
 - Clients (and you) can multi-select photos and download them — or the whole
   album — as a ZIP. Archives are streamed (each file spools briefly through a
   temp file for its checksum, then pipelines while the next one prefetches),
@@ -150,8 +155,8 @@ Notes:
 - 10 wrong passwords lock a link for 15 minutes (fresh attempts after the
   window). A locked link shows in the album's share list with an Unlock
   button.
-- Deleting a link removes its ratings/tags; deleting photos or albums cleans
-  up S3 objects via background jobs.
+- Deleting a link removes its votes/ratings/tags; deleting photos or albums
+  cleans up S3 objects via background jobs.
 
 ## Known limitations / deliberate v1 cuts
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Lightbox.jsx b/frontend/src/components/Lightbox.jsx
index 63ebc84..95fde5e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Lightbox.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Lightbox.jsx
@@ -1,18 +1,71 @@
-import { useEffect } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { imgUrl } from '../api'
 
-export default function Lightbox({ photos, index, onClose, onNav, footer }) {
+const BASE_SHORTCUTS = [
+  ['← / →', 'previous / next photo'],
+  ['Space', 'next photo (Shift+Space back)'],
+  ['?', 'show / hide shortcuts'],
+  ['Esc', 'close'],
+]
+
+// `actions` defines the page's shortcuts as one table — display and dispatch
+// come from the same entry, so the help overlay can't drift from behavior:
+// { keys: ['p'], help: ['P', 'accept…'], run: (photo, key) => … }.
+// Keys fire only outside text inputs and while the help overlay is closed.
+export default function Lightbox({ photos, index, onClose, onNav, footer, actions }) {
   const photo = photos[index]
+  const [showHelp, setShowHelp] = useState(false)
+
+  // Handlers and view state live in a ref, updated every render, so the
+  // window listener is attached once yet always dispatches against current
+  // values — re-subscribing per render leaves a gap until effects re-run in
+  // which a fast second keystroke hits a stale closure (and e.g. re-votes
+  // the previous photo).
+  const live = useRef({})
+  live.current = { index, count: photos.length, photo, onClose, onNav, actions, showHelp }
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    const onKey = (e) => {
-      if (e.key === 'Escape') onClose()
-      if (e.key === 'ArrowRight' && index < photos.length - 1) onNav(index + 1)
-      if (e.key === 'ArrowLeft' && index > 0) onNav(index - 1)
+    // Only text entry captures keys (Escape leaves the field); focus on a
+    // checkbox or button must not disable lightbox navigation.
+    const isTyping = (el) =>
+      el.tagName === 'TEXTAREA' ||
+      el.isContentEditable ||
+      (el.tagName === 'INPUT' && !['checkbox', 'radio', 'button'].includes(el.type))
+    const handler = (e) => {
+      const s = live.current
+      if (isTyping(e.target)) {
+        if (e.key === 'Escape') e.target.blur()
+        return
+      }
+      if (e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey || e.altKey) return
+      if (e.key === 'Escape') {
+        if (s.showHelp) setShowHelp(false)
+        else s.onClose()
+        return
+      }
+      if (e.key === '?') {
+        setShowHelp((h) => !h)
+        return
+      }
+      // With the help overlay up, keys must not act on the photo behind it.
+      if (s.showHelp) return
+      if (e.key === 'ArrowRight' || (e.key === ' ' && !e.shiftKey)) {
+        e.preventDefault()
+        if (s.index < s.count - 1) s.onNav(s.index + 1)
+        return
+      }
+      if (e.key === 'ArrowLeft' || (e.key === ' ' && e.shiftKey)) {
+        e.preventDefault()
+        if (s.index > 0) s.onNav(s.index - 1)
+        return
+      }
+      const key = e.key.toLowerCase()
+      const action = s.actions?.find((a) => a.keys.includes(key))
+      if (action && s.photo) action.run(s.photo, key)
     }
-    window.addEventListener('keydown', onKey)
-    return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', onKey)
-  }, [index, photos.length, onClose, onNav])
+    window.addEventListener('keydown', handler)
+    return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', handler)
+  }, [])
 
   useEffect(() => {
     document.body.style.overflow = 'hidden'
@@ -30,6 +83,13 @@ export default function Lightbox({ photos, index, onClose, onNav, footer }) {
         <span className="lb-count">
           {index + 1} / {photos.length}
         </span>
+        <button
+          className="lb-btn"
+          onClick={() => setShowHelp((h) => !h)}
+          title="Keyboard shortcuts (?)"
+        >
+          ?
+        </button>
         <button className="lb-btn" onClick={onClose} title="Close (Esc)">
           ✕
         </button>
@@ -67,6 +127,25 @@ export default function Lightbox({ photos, index, onClose, onNav, footer }) {
           {footer(photo)}
         </div>
       )}
+      {showHelp && (
+        <div
+          className="lb-help"
+          onClick={(e) => {
+            e.stopPropagation()
+            setShowHelp(false)
+          }}
+        >
+          <div className="lb-help-card">
+            <h3>Keyboard shortcuts</h3>
+            {[...(actions?.map((a) => a.help) || []), ...BASE_SHORTCUTS].map(([keys, label]) => (
+              <div key={keys} className="lb-help-row">
+                <kbd>{keys}</kbd>
+                <span className="muted">{label}</span>
+              </div>
+            ))}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Thumbs.jsx b/frontend/src/components/Thumbs.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a4159f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Thumbs.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Accept/reject vote. `value` is 'accept', 'reject' or null; clicking the
+// active thumb clears it. Without onChange it renders read-only.
+export default function Thumbs({ value, onChange, small }) {
+  const thumb = (verdict, glyph, label) => (
+    <button
+      type="button"
+      className={`thumb${value === verdict ? ' active' : ''}`}
+      disabled={!onChange}
+      onClick={(e) => {
+        e.stopPropagation()
+        onChange(value === verdict ? null : verdict)
+      }}
+      title={onChange ? label : undefined}
+    >
+      {glyph}
+    </button>
+  )
+  return (
+    <span className={`thumbs${small ? ' thumbs-small' : ''}`}>
+      {thumb('accept', '👍', 'Accept (P)')}
+      {thumb('reject', '👎', 'Reject (X)')}
+    </span>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/AlbumPage.jsx b/frontend/src/pages/AlbumPage.jsx
index 816b742..caa56a3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/AlbumPage.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/AlbumPage.jsx
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import Gallery from '../components/Gallery'
 import Lightbox from '../components/Lightbox'
 import SelectionBar, { fmtBytes } from '../components/SelectionBar'
 import Stars from '../components/Stars'
+import Thumbs from '../components/Thumbs'
+import useLightbox from '../useLightbox'
 import useSelection from '../useSelection'
 
 function fmtEta(seconds) {
@@ -236,7 +238,8 @@ function SharesPanel({ albumId }) {
                 ? ` · expires ${new Date(s.expires_at).toLocaleDateString()}`
                 : ' · never expires'}
               {' · '}
-              {s.rating_count} ratings, {s.tag_count} tags
+              {s.rating_count} ratings, {s.tag_count} tags, 👍 {s.accept_count} 👎{' '}
+              {s.reject_count}
             </span>
           </div>
           <div className="row">
@@ -320,9 +323,6 @@ export default function AlbumPage() {
   const navigate = useNavigate()
   const [detail, setDetail] = useState(null)
   const [error, setError] = useState(null)
-  // Track the open photo by id, not index — the polling refetch can reorder
-  // the array underneath an open lightbox.
-  const [lightboxId, setLightboxId] = useState(null)
 
   const load = useCallback(
     () => api(`/api/albums/${id}`).then(setDetail).catch((e) => setError(e.message)),
@@ -342,14 +342,7 @@ export default function AlbumPage() {
 
   const ready = (detail?.photos ?? []).filter((p) => p.status === 'ready')
   const { selected, toggle, selectAll, clear, selectedBytes, totalBytes } = useSelection(ready)
-  const lightboxIndex = ready.findIndex((p) => p.id === lightboxId)
-
-  // If the open photo leaves the ready list (deleted elsewhere, reprocess),
-  // close for good — otherwise the lightbox would pop back open when the
-  // photo returns to ready.
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (lightboxId && lightboxIndex < 0) setLightboxId(null)
-  }, [lightboxId, lightboxIndex])
+  const lightbox = useLightbox(ready)
 
   if (error) return <p className="error">{error}</p>
   if (!detail) return <p className="muted">Loading…</p>
@@ -379,7 +372,7 @@ export default function AlbumPage() {
 
   const removePhoto = async (photoId) => {
     if (!confirm('Delete this photo?')) return
-    setLightboxId(null)
+    lightbox.close()
     await api(`/api/photos/${photoId}`, { method: 'DELETE' })
     load()
   }
@@ -436,15 +429,20 @@ export default function AlbumPage() {
 
       <Gallery
         photos={ready}
-        onOpen={(i) => setLightboxId(ready[i].id)}
+        onOpen={lightbox.openAt}
         selected={selected}
         onToggleSelect={toggle}
         overlay={(p) => {
           const avg = avgRating(p.id)
           const tagCount = feedback[p.id]?.tags.length || 0
-          if (avg === null && tagCount === 0) return null
+          const verdicts = feedback[p.id]?.verdicts || []
+          const accepts = verdicts.filter((v) => v.verdict === 'accept').length
+          const rejects = verdicts.length - accepts
+          if (avg === null && tagCount === 0 && accepts === 0 && rejects === 0) return null
           return (
             <div className="g-overlay">
+              {accepts > 0 && <span>👍 {accepts}</span>}
+              {rejects > 0 && <span>👎 {rejects}</span>}
               {avg !== null && <span>★ {avg.toFixed(1)}</span>}
               {tagCount > 0 && <span># {tagCount}</span>}
             </div>
@@ -460,26 +458,34 @@ export default function AlbumPage() {
         total={ready.length}
         selectedBytes={selectedBytes}
         totalBytes={totalBytes}
-        onSelectAll={selectAll}
+        onSelectAll={() => selectAll(ready)}
         onClear={clear}
         onDownload={() => postDownload(`/api/albums/${id}/zip`, [...selected].join(','))}
         onDownloadAll={() => postDownload(`/api/albums/${id}/zip`)}
       />
 
-      {lightboxIndex >= 0 && (
+      {lightbox.index >= 0 && (
         <Lightbox
           photos={ready}
-          index={lightboxIndex}
-          onClose={() => setLightboxId(null)}
-          onNav={(i) => setLightboxId(ready[i].id)}
+          index={lightbox.index}
+          onClose={lightbox.close}
+          onNav={lightbox.openAt}
+          actions={[
+            { keys: ['s'], help: ['S', 'select for download'], run: (p) => toggle(p.id) },
+          ]}
           footer={(p) => {
-            const fb = feedback[p.id] || { ratings: [], tags: [] }
+            const fb = feedback[p.id] || { ratings: [], verdicts: [], tags: [] }
             return (
               <div className="admin-footer">
                 <div className="feedback">
-                  {fb.ratings.length === 0 && fb.tags.length === 0 && (
+                  {fb.ratings.length === 0 && fb.verdicts.length === 0 && fb.tags.length === 0 && (
                     <span className="muted">No client feedback yet</span>
                   )}
+                  {fb.verdicts.map((v, i) => (
+                    <span key={`v${i}`} className="feedback-item">
+                      {v.share_label || 'client'}: <Thumbs value={v.verdict} small />
+                    </span>
+                  ))}
                   {fb.ratings.map((r, i) => (
                     <span key={`r${i}`} className="feedback-item">
                       {r.share_label || 'client'}: <Stars value={r.rating} small />
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/SharePage.jsx b/frontend/src/pages/SharePage.jsx
index 6cba6d1..644a516 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/SharePage.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/SharePage.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { useParams } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { api, postDownload } from '../api'
 import Gallery from '../components/Gallery'
@@ -6,18 +6,43 @@ import Lightbox from '../components/Lightbox'
 import SelectionBar from '../components/SelectionBar'
 import Stars from '../components/Stars'
 import TagEditor from '../components/TagEditor'
+import Thumbs from '../components/Thumbs'
+import useLightbox from '../useLightbox'
 import useSelection from '../useSelection'
 
+const FILTERS = [
+  { key: 'all', label: 'All' },
+  { key: 'accept', label: '👍' },
+  { key: 'reject', label: '👎' },
+  { key: 'undecided', label: 'Undecided' },
+]
+
+const matchesFilter = (photo, key) =>
+  key === 'all' || (key === 'undecided' ? !photo.my_verdict : photo.my_verdict === key)
+
 export default function SharePage() {
   const { token } = useParams()
   const [view, setView] = useState(null)
   const [error, setError] = useState(null)
   const [password, setPassword] = useState('')
   const [unlockError, setUnlockError] = useState(null)
-  const [lightbox, setLightbox] = useState(-1)
-  const { selected, toggle, selectAll, clear, selectedBytes, totalBytes } = useSelection(
-    view?.photos ?? [],
-  )
+  const [filter, setFilter] = useState('all')
+
+  const photos = view?.photos ?? []
+  const visible = useMemo(() => photos.filter((p) => matchesFilter(p, filter)), [photos, filter])
+  const filterCounts = useMemo(() => {
+    const counts = { all: photos.length, accept: 0, reject: 0, undecided: 0 }
+    for (const p of photos) counts[p.my_verdict ?? 'undecided'] += 1
+    return counts
+  }, [photos])
+
+  // Selection spans the whole album (so switching filters keeps it), while
+  // the selection bar describes only the current view: its counts, bytes and
+  // downloads cover the visible photos, and "select all" adds them.
+  const { selected, toggle, selectAll, clear } = useSelection(photos)
+  const visibleSelected = visible.filter((p) => selected.has(p.id))
+  const sumBytes = (list) => list.reduce((sum, p) => sum + p.size_bytes, 0)
+  const lightbox = useLightbox(visible)
 
   const load = useCallback(
     () => api(`/api/share/${token}`).then(setView).catch((e) => setError(e.message)),
@@ -45,29 +70,75 @@ export default function SharePage() {
     }))
   }
 
-  const setRating = async (photo, rating) => {
-    patchPhoto(photo.id, { my_rating: rating || null })
+  // Optimistic write: patch local state, PUT, reload from the server on
+  // failure to undo the patch.
+  const saveFeedback = async (photo, patch, endpoint, body) => {
+    patchPhoto(photo.id, patch)
     try {
-      await api(`/api/share/${token}/photos/${photo.id}/rating`, {
-        method: 'PUT',
-        body: { rating },
-      })
+      await api(`/api/share/${token}/photos/${photo.id}/${endpoint}`, { method: 'PUT', body })
     } catch {
       load()
     }
   }
+  const setRating = (photo, rating) =>
+    saveFeedback(photo, { my_rating: rating || null }, 'rating', { rating })
+  const setVerdict = (photo, verdict) =>
+    saveFeedback(photo, { my_verdict: verdict }, 'verdict', { verdict })
+  const setTags = (photo, tags) => saveFeedback(photo, { my_tags: tags }, 'tags', { tags })
+
+  // Keyboard votes navigate away from the photo they change, so a transient
+  // toast names what just happened to it — without it the jump reads as
+  // "did that register?".
+  const [flash, setFlash] = useState(null)
+  const flashSeq = useRef(0)
+  const flashTimer = useRef()
+  const showFlash = (text) => {
+    flashSeq.current += 1
+    setFlash({ text, key: flashSeq.current })
+    clearTimeout(flashTimer.current)
+    flashTimer.current = setTimeout(() => setFlash(null), 1400)
+  }
+  useEffect(() => () => clearTimeout(flashTimer.current), [])
+
+  // Culling flow: vote, then advance to the photo that was next in the
+  // current view. Under a filter that hides the voted photo, the advance
+  // target stays visible, so the run continues seamlessly.
+  const voteAndAdvance = (photo, verdict) => {
+    const next = visible[lightbox.index + 1]
+    setVerdict(photo, verdict)
+    showFlash(
+      verdict === 'accept'
+        ? `👍 ${photo.filename}`
+        : verdict === 'reject'
+          ? `👎 ${photo.filename}`
+          : `↺ ${photo.filename} cleared`,
+    )
+    if (next) lightbox.show(next.id)
+  }
 
-  const setTags = async (photo, tags) => {
-    patchPhoto(photo.id, { my_tags: tags })
-    try {
-      await api(`/api/share/${token}/photos/${photo.id}/tags`, {
-        method: 'PUT',
-        body: { tags },
-      })
-    } catch {
-      load()
-    }
-  }
+  const keyActions = [
+    { keys: ['p'], help: ['P', 'accept and go to next'], run: (p) => voteAndAdvance(p, 'accept') },
+    { keys: ['x'], help: ['X', 'reject and go to next'], run: (p) => voteAndAdvance(p, 'reject') },
+    {
+      keys: ['u'],
+      help: ['U', 'clear accept / reject'],
+      // When clearing hides the photo from the current filter, advance like
+      // a vote so the lightbox doesn't just close.
+      run: (p) =>
+        matchesFilter({ my_verdict: null }, filter)
+          ? setVerdict(p, null)
+          : voteAndAdvance(p, null),
+    },
+    {
+      keys: ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5'],
+      help: ['1–5', 'star rating'],
+      run: (p, key) => setRating(p, Number(key)),
+    },
+    { keys: ['0'], help: ['0', 'clear star rating'], run: (p) => setRating(p, 0) },
+    ...(view?.allow_download
+      ? [{ keys: ['s'], help: ['S', 'select for download'], run: (p) => toggle(p.id) }]
+      : []),
+  ]
 
   if (error) return <div className="center-page">{error}</div>
   if (!view) return <div className="center-page">Loading…</div>
@@ -100,49 +171,76 @@ export default function SharePage() {
         <h1>{view.album_name}</h1>
         {view.album_description && <p className="muted">{view.album_description}</p>}
         <p className="muted">
-          {view.photos.length} photo{view.photos.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} · click a photo to view,
-          rate and tag
+          {photos.length} photo{photos.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} · click a photo to view, rate and
+          tag · press <kbd>?</kbd> in the viewer for shortcuts
         </p>
+        {photos.length > 0 && (
+          <div className="filter-bar">
+            {FILTERS.map((f) => (
+              <button
+                key={f.key}
+                className={`filter-chip${filter === f.key ? ' active' : ''}`}
+                onClick={() => setFilter(f.key)}
+              >
+                {f.label} {filterCounts[f.key]}
+              </button>
+            ))}
+          </div>
+        )}
       </header>
       <main className="page">
         <Gallery
-          photos={view.photos}
-          onOpen={setLightbox}
+          photos={visible}
+          onOpen={lightbox.openAt}
           selected={view.allow_download ? selected : undefined}
           onToggleSelect={view.allow_download ? toggle : undefined}
           overlay={(p) =>
-            p.my_rating || p.my_tags.length > 0 ? (
+            p.my_verdict || p.my_rating || p.my_tags.length > 0 ? (
               <div className="g-overlay">
+                {p.my_verdict && <span>{p.my_verdict === 'accept' ? '👍' : '👎'}</span>}
                 {p.my_rating && <span>★ {p.my_rating}</span>}
                 {p.my_tags.length > 0 && <span># {p.my_tags.length}</span>}
               </div>
             ) : null
           }
         />
-        {view.photos.length === 0 && (
+        {photos.length === 0 && (
           <p className="center-page muted">Nothing here yet — check back soon.</p>
         )}
+        {photos.length > 0 && visible.length === 0 && (
+          <p className="center-page muted">No photos match this filter.</p>
+        )}
       </main>
       {view.allow_download && (
         <SelectionBar
-          count={selected.size}
-          total={view.photos.length}
-          selectedBytes={selectedBytes}
-          totalBytes={totalBytes}
-          onSelectAll={selectAll}
+          count={visibleSelected.length}
+          total={visible.length}
+          selectedBytes={sumBytes(visibleSelected)}
+          totalBytes={sumBytes(visible)}
+          onSelectAll={() => selectAll(visible)}
           onClear={clear}
-          onDownload={() => postDownload(`/api/share/${token}/zip`, [...selected].join(','))}
-          onDownloadAll={() => postDownload(`/api/share/${token}/zip`)}
+          onDownload={() =>
+            postDownload(`/api/share/${token}/zip`, visibleSelected.map((p) => p.id).join(','))
+          }
+          onDownloadAll={() =>
+            // Under a filter, "download all" means all photos shown.
+            postDownload(
+              `/api/share/${token}/zip`,
+              filter === 'all' ? '' : visible.map((p) => p.id).join(','),
+            )
+          }
         />
       )}
-      {lightbox >= 0 && (
+      {lightbox.index >= 0 && (
         <Lightbox
-          photos={view.photos}
-          index={lightbox}
-          onClose={() => setLightbox(-1)}
-          onNav={setLightbox}
+          photos={visible}
+          index={lightbox.index}
+          onClose={lightbox.close}
+          onNav={lightbox.openAt}
+          actions={keyActions}
           footer={(p) => (
             <div className="client-footer">
+              <Thumbs value={p.my_verdict} onChange={(v) => setVerdict(p, v)} />
               <Stars value={p.my_rating || 0} onChange={(r) => setRating(p, r)} />
               <TagEditor tags={p.my_tags} onChange={(tags) => setTags(p, tags)} />
               {view.allow_download && (
@@ -164,6 +262,11 @@ export default function SharePage() {
           )}
         />
       )}
+      {flash && (
+        <div key={flash.key} className="action-flash">
+          {flash.text}
+        </div>
+      )}
     </>
   )
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles.css b/frontend/src/styles.css
index 09564ac..3f558d4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles.css
@@ -534,6 +534,130 @@ progress {
   cursor: default;
 }
 
+/* thumbs (accept / reject) */
+.thumbs {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  gap: 0.15rem;
+}
+.thumb {
+  background: none;
+  border: none;
+  font-size: 1.35rem;
+  line-height: 1;
+  padding: 0 0.15rem;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  filter: grayscale(1);
+  opacity: 0.4;
+  transition: opacity 0.12s;
+}
+.thumb:hover:enabled {
+  opacity: 0.8;
+}
+.thumb.active {
+  filter: none;
+  opacity: 1;
+}
+.thumb:disabled {
+  cursor: default;
+}
+.thumbs-small .thumb {
+  font-size: 0.95rem;
+}
+
+/* verdict filter */
+.filter-bar {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: center;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  margin-top: 0.9rem;
+}
+.filter-chip {
+  background: var(--panel);
+  border: 1px solid var(--panel-2);
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  color: var(--muted);
+  padding: 0.25rem 0.8rem;
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.filter-chip.active {
+  background: var(--panel-2);
+  color: var(--text);
+  border-color: var(--accent);
+}
+
+/* transient action feedback (keyboard votes that navigate away) */
+.action-flash {
+  position: fixed;
+  top: 3rem;
+  left: 50%;
+  transform: translateX(-50%);
+  z-index: 110;
+  background: var(--panel);
+  border: 1px solid var(--panel-2);
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  padding: 0.35rem 1rem;
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  pointer-events: none;
+  animation: flash-fade 1.4s ease forwards;
+}
+@keyframes flash-fade {
+  0% {
+    opacity: 0;
+    transform: translate(-50%, -6px);
+  }
+  8%,
+  70% {
+    opacity: 1;
+    transform: translate(-50%, 0);
+  }
+  100% {
+    opacity: 0;
+    transform: translate(-50%, 0);
+  }
+}
+
+/* lightbox shortcut help */
+.lb-help {
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  background: rgba(8, 9, 11, 0.6);
+  z-index: 102;
+}
+.lb-help-card {
+  background: var(--panel);
+  border: 1px solid var(--panel-2);
+  border-radius: 12px;
+  padding: 1.1rem 1.5rem 1.25rem;
+  min-width: 280px;
+  cursor: default;
+}
+.lb-help-card h3 {
+  font-size: 0.95rem;
+  margin: 0 0 0.6rem;
+}
+.lb-help-row {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: baseline;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 1.5rem;
+  padding: 0.18rem 0;
+  font-size: 0.88rem;
+}
+kbd {
+  background: var(--panel-2);
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  padding: 0.08rem 0.45rem;
+  font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
 /* tags */
 .tag-editor {
   display: inline-flex;
diff --git a/frontend/src/useLightbox.js b/frontend/src/useLightbox.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d4e202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/useLightbox.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+
+// Lightbox state tracked by photo id, not index — the list can reorder
+// (polling refetch) or shrink (filter change, delete) underneath an open
+// lightbox. When the open photo leaves the list, close for good — otherwise
+// the lightbox would pop back open when the photo returns to the list.
+export default function useLightbox(photos) {
+  const [openId, setOpenId] = useState(null)
+  const index = openId ? photos.findIndex((p) => p.id === openId) : -1
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (openId && index < 0) setOpenId(null)
+  }, [openId, index])
+
+  return {
+    index,
+    openAt: (i) => setOpenId(photos[i].id),
+    show: (id) => setOpenId(id),
+    close: () => setOpenId(null),
+  }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/useSelection.js b/frontend/src/useSelection.js
index 8e0cb34..8210bac 100644
--- a/frontend/src/useSelection.js
+++ b/frontend/src/useSelection.js
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ export default function useSelection(photos) {
       return next
     })
 
-  const selectAll = () => setSelected(new Set(photos.map((p) => p.id)))
+  // Adds `list` (the caller's currently visible photos) to the selection —
+  // additive, so selecting all of one filtered view keeps picks from another.
+  const selectAll = (list) =>
+    setSelected((prev) => new Set([...prev, ...list.map((p) => p.id)]))
   const clear = () => setSelected(new Set())
   const selectedBytes = photos.reduce((sum, p) => sum + (selected.has(p.id) ? p.size_bytes : 0), 0)
   const totalBytes = photos.reduce((sum, p) => sum + p.size_bytes, 0)
diff --git a/migrations/0004_verdicts.sql b/migrations/0004_verdicts.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9828b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/0004_verdicts.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+-- Client accept/reject votes, one per (link, photo) — a separate axis from
+-- the 1-5 star rating so a photo can be e.g. accepted but unrated.
+create table verdicts (
+    share_id uuid not null references shares(id) on delete cascade,
+    photo_id uuid not null references photos(id) on delete cascade,
+    verdict text not null check (verdict in ('accept', 'reject')),
+    updated_at timestamptz not null default now(),
+    primary key (share_id, photo_id)
+);
+
+-- Cascaded photo deletes fire per-row FK triggers; without this each one
+-- sequential-scans the table.
+create index verdicts_photo_idx on verdicts (photo_id);
diff --git a/src/models.rs b/src/models.rs
index c7c1102..999c8d8 100644
--- a/src/models.rs
+++ b/src/models.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
-use serde::Serialize;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 /// Stored as text in Postgres; decoded via TryFrom so an unknown value is a
@@ -47,6 +47,25 @@ impl TryFrom<String> for PhotoStatus {
     }
 }
 
+/// Client accept/reject vote. Same convention as PhotoStatus: text in
+/// Postgres (check-constrained), this enum everywhere Rust touches the value
+/// — serde rejects anything but "accept"/"reject" at the API boundary.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum Verdict {
+    Accept,
+    Reject,
+}
+
+impl Verdict {
+    pub fn as_str(self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Self::Accept => "accept",
+            Self::Reject => "reject",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum JobKind {
     ProcessPhoto,
diff --git a/src/routes/albums.rs b/src/routes/albums.rs
index 36062d1..a0c24e4 100644
--- a/src/routes/albums.rs
+++ b/src/routes/albums.rs
@@ -79,12 +79,40 @@ pub struct ShareTag {
     pub tag: String,
 }
 
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+pub struct ShareVerdict {
+    pub share_label: String,
+    pub verdict: String,
+}
+
 #[derive(Serialize, Default)]
 pub struct PhotoFeedback {
     pub ratings: Vec<ShareRating>,
+    pub verdicts: Vec<ShareVerdict>,
     pub tags: Vec<ShareTag>,
 }
 
+async fn feedback_rows<T>(
+    db: &sqlx::PgPool,
+    sql: &str,
+    album_id: Uuid,
+) -> Result<Vec<(Uuid, String, T)>, sqlx::Error>
+where
+    (Uuid, String, T): for<'r> sqlx::FromRow<'r, sqlx::postgres::PgRow> + Send + Unpin,
+{
+    sqlx::query_as(sql).bind(album_id).fetch_all(db).await
+}
+
+fn fold_feedback<T>(
+    feedback: &mut HashMap<Uuid, PhotoFeedback>,
+    rows: Vec<(Uuid, String, T)>,
+    push: impl Fn(&mut PhotoFeedback, String, T),
+) {
+    for (photo_id, share_label, value) in rows {
+        push(feedback.entry(photo_id).or_default(), share_label, value);
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Serialize)]
 pub struct AlbumDetail {
     pub album: Album,
@@ -108,41 +136,49 @@ pub async fn get_one(
     .fetch_all(&state.db)
     .await?;
 
+    // The three feedback kinds are independent (photo_id, share label, value)
+    // queries — run them concurrently and fold with one shared shape.
+    let (ratings, verdicts, tags) = tokio::try_join!(
+        feedback_rows::<i32>(
+            &state.db,
+            "select r.photo_id, s.label, r.rating
+             from ratings r join shares s on s.id = r.share_id
+             where s.album_id = $1",
+            album_id,
+        ),
+        feedback_rows::<String>(
+            &state.db,
+            "select v.photo_id, s.label, v.verdict
+             from verdicts v join shares s on s.id = v.share_id
+             where s.album_id = $1",
+            album_id,
+        ),
+        feedback_rows::<String>(
+            &state.db,
+            "select t.photo_id, s.label, t.tag
+             from tags t join shares s on s.id = t.share_id
+             where s.album_id = $1
+             order by t.created_at",
+            album_id,
+        ),
+    )?;
+
     let mut feedback: HashMap<Uuid, PhotoFeedback> = HashMap::new();
-    let ratings: Vec<(Uuid, String, i32)> = sqlx::query_as(
-        "select r.photo_id, s.label, r.rating
-         from ratings r join shares s on s.id = r.share_id
-         where s.album_id = $1",
-    )
-    .bind(album_id)
-    .fetch_all(&state.db)
-    .await?;
-    for (photo_id, share_label, rating) in ratings {
-        feedback
-            .entry(photo_id)
-            .or_default()
-            .ratings
-            .push(ShareRating {
-                share_label,
-                rating,
-            });
-    }
-    let tags: Vec<(Uuid, String, String)> = sqlx::query_as(
-        "select t.photo_id, s.label, t.tag
-         from tags t join shares s on s.id = t.share_id
-         where s.album_id = $1
-         order by t.created_at",
-    )
-    .bind(album_id)
-    .fetch_all(&state.db)
-    .await?;
-    for (photo_id, share_label, tag) in tags {
-        feedback
-            .entry(photo_id)
-            .or_default()
-            .tags
-            .push(ShareTag { share_label, tag });
-    }
+    fold_feedback(&mut feedback, ratings, |f, share_label, rating| {
+        f.ratings.push(ShareRating {
+            share_label,
+            rating,
+        })
+    });
+    fold_feedback(&mut feedback, verdicts, |f, share_label, verdict| {
+        f.verdicts.push(ShareVerdict {
+            share_label,
+            verdict,
+        })
+    });
+    fold_feedback(&mut feedback, tags, |f, share_label, tag| {
+        f.tags.push(ShareTag { share_label, tag })
+    });
 
     Ok(Json(AlbumDetail {
         album,
diff --git a/src/routes/client.rs b/src/routes/client.rs
index 7342345..306b09b 100644
--- a/src/routes/client.rs
+++ b/src/routes/client.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::error::{ApiError, ApiResult};
-use crate::models::{PhotoStatus, Share};
+use crate::models::{PhotoStatus, Share, Verdict};
 use crate::state::AppState;
 
 pub async fn load_share(state: &AppState, token: &str) -> Result<Share, ApiError> {
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ struct ClientPhotoRow {
     taken_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
     processed_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
     my_rating: Option<i32>,
+    my_verdict: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize)]
@@ -185,9 +186,10 @@ pub async fn get_share(
     let jar = grant_access(&state, jar, share.id);
 
     let rows: Vec<ClientPhotoRow> = sqlx::query_as(
-        "select p.id, p.filename, p.size_bytes, p.width, p.height, p.taken_at, p.processed_at, r.rating as my_rating
+        "select p.id, p.filename, p.size_bytes, p.width, p.height, p.taken_at, p.processed_at, r.rating as my_rating, v.verdict as my_verdict
          from photos p
          left join ratings r on r.photo_id = p.id and r.share_id = $2
+         left join verdicts v on v.photo_id = p.id and v.share_id = $2
          where p.album_id = $1 and p.status = $3
          order by coalesce(p.taken_at, p.created_at), p.filename",
     )
@@ -352,6 +354,42 @@ pub async fn set_rating(
     Ok(Json(serde_json::json!({ "ok": true })))
 }
 
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct VerdictBody {
+    verdict: Option<Verdict>,
+}
+
+pub async fn set_verdict(
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+    Path((token, photo_id)): Path<(String, Uuid)>,
+    jar: SignedCookieJar,
+    Json(body): Json<VerdictBody>,
+) -> ApiResult<Json<serde_json::Value>> {
+    let share = share_photo(&state, &jar, &token, photo_id).await?;
+    match body.verdict {
+        None => {
+            sqlx::query("delete from verdicts where share_id = $1 and photo_id = $2")
+                .bind(share.id)
+                .bind(photo_id)
+                .execute(&state.db)
+                .await?;
+        }
+        Some(verdict) => {
+            sqlx::query(
+                "insert into verdicts (share_id, photo_id, verdict) values ($1, $2, $3)
+                 on conflict (share_id, photo_id)
+                 do update set verdict = excluded.verdict, updated_at = now()",
+            )
+            .bind(share.id)
+            .bind(photo_id)
+            .bind(verdict.as_str())
+            .execute(&state.db)
+            .await?;
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(Json(serde_json::json!({ "ok": true })))
+}
+
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct TagsBody {
     tags: Vec<String>,
diff --git a/src/routes/mod.rs b/src/routes/mod.rs
index 0b1113e..4c64249 100644
--- a/src/routes/mod.rs
+++ b/src/routes/mod.rs
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ pub fn router(state: &AppState) -> Router<AppState> {
             "/api/share/{token}/photos/{photo_id}/rating",
             put(client::set_rating),
         )
+        .route(
+            "/api/share/{token}/photos/{photo_id}/verdict",
+            put(client::set_verdict),
+        )
         .route(
             "/api/share/{token}/photos/{photo_id}/tags",
             put(client::set_tags),
diff --git a/src/routes/shares.rs b/src/routes/shares.rs
index 1e35ffc..c798062 100644
--- a/src/routes/shares.rs
+++ b/src/routes/shares.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ struct ShareAdminRow {
     created_at: DateTime<Utc>,
     rating_count: i64,
     tag_count: i64,
+    accept_count: i64,
+    reject_count: i64,
 }
 
 fn share_json(state: &AppState, row: &ShareAdminRow) -> serde_json::Value {
@@ -38,20 +40,30 @@ fn share_json(state: &AppState, row: &ShareAdminRow) -> serde_json::Value {
         "created_at": row.created_at,
         "rating_count": row.rating_count,
         "tag_count": row.tag_count,
+        "accept_count": row.accept_count,
+        "reject_count": row.reject_count,
     })
 }
 
-const SHARE_COLUMNS: &str = "s.id, s.token, s.label, s.password_hash, s.allow_download,
+// Aggregates run as laterals so each feedback table is scanned once per
+// share (the verdict lateral yields both counts from a single pass).
+const SHARE_SELECT: &str = "select s.id, s.token, s.label, s.password_hash, s.allow_download,
     s.expires_at, s.locked_until, s.created_at,
-    (select count(*) from ratings r where r.share_id = s.id) as rating_count,
-    (select count(*) from tags t where t.share_id = s.id) as tag_count";
+    rc.rating_count, tc.tag_count, vc.accept_count, vc.reject_count
+    from shares s
+    cross join lateral (select count(*) as rating_count from ratings r where r.share_id = s.id) rc
+    cross join lateral (select count(*) as tag_count from tags t where t.share_id = s.id) tc
+    cross join lateral (
+        select count(*) filter (where v.verdict = 'accept') as accept_count,
+               count(*) filter (where v.verdict = 'reject') as reject_count
+        from verdicts v where v.share_id = s.id) vc";
 
 pub async fn list(
     State(state): State<AppState>,
     Path(album_id): Path<Uuid>,
 ) -> ApiResult<Json<Vec<serde_json::Value>>> {
     let rows: Vec<ShareAdminRow> = sqlx::query_as(&format!(
-        "select {SHARE_COLUMNS} from shares s where s.album_id = $1 order by s.created_at desc"
+        "{SHARE_SELECT} where s.album_id = $1 order by s.created_at desc"
     ))
     .bind(album_id)
     .fetch_all(&state.db)
@@ -119,11 +131,10 @@ pub async fn create(
     .fetch_one(&state.db)
     .await?;
 
-    let row: ShareAdminRow =
-        sqlx::query_as(&format!("select {SHARE_COLUMNS} from shares s where s.id = $1"))
-            .bind(share_id)
-            .fetch_one(&state.db)
-            .await?;
+    let row: ShareAdminRow = sqlx::query_as(&format!("{SHARE_SELECT} where s.id = $1"))
+        .bind(share_id)
+        .fetch_one(&state.db)
+        .await?;
     Ok(Json(share_json(&state, &row)))
 }