diff --git a/build-slides.sh b/build-slides.sh
index 34d3d6a..dc00aa6 100755
--- a/build-slides.sh
+++ b/build-slides.sh
@@ -133,6 +133,25 @@ else
   echo "Warning: python3 not found — skipping post-processing"
 fi
 
+# Copy deck assets (images) that live next to a source under slides/. Marp keeps
+# relative image URLs in the HTML, so the files must exist at the same relative
+# path in the output tree. Only slides/ can carry these: docs/presentations/
+# decks are flattened to <name>.html, so a relative path would not survive.
+# When OUTPUT_DIR is the in-repo slides/ dir, source and target are the same
+# file and there is nothing to copy.
+if [ -d "$REPO_ROOT/slides" ]; then
+  while IFS= read -r -d '' asset; do
+    rel="${asset#"$REPO_ROOT"/slides/}"
+    dest="$OUTPUT_DIR/$rel"
+    [ "$asset" -ef "$dest" ] && continue
+    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$dest")"
+    cp "$asset" "$dest"
+    echo "  Copied asset $rel"
+  done < <(find "$REPO_ROOT/slides" -type f \
+             \( -iname "*.jpg" -o -iname "*.jpeg" -o -iname "*.png" \
+                -o -iname "*.gif" -o -iname "*.svg" -o -iname "*.webp" \) -print0)
+fi
+
 # Regenerate index.html listing every built deck.
 INDEX="$OUTPUT_DIR/index.html"
 {
diff --git a/docs/services/slides.md b/docs/services/slides.md
index 5278ce3..8fd6487 100644
--- a/docs/services/slides.md
+++ b/docs/services/slides.md
@@ -26,3 +26,9 @@ Use `slides/` when a deck belongs to a named series and the URL should read like
 example `slides/tappaas/how-to/new-module/index.md` is served at
 `https://slides.makerfloss.eu/tappaas/how-to/new-module/`. Only the markdown is committed; the
 generated HTML under `slides/` is git-ignored.
+
+**Images** belong next to the deck source (`slides/<path>/<name>.jpg`) and are referenced with a
+plain relative path. Marp keeps relative URLs as-is, so `build-slides.sh` copies image files from
+`slides/` into the output tree at the same relative path — unlike the HTML, these *are* committed.
+Only path-mirrored `slides/` decks can carry images; `docs/presentations/` decks are flattened to
+`<name>.html`, so a relative path would not survive.
diff --git a/slides/tappaas/one-year-in/hrossen-rack.jpg b/slides/tappaas/one-year-in/hrossen-rack.jpg
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/slides/tappaas/one-year-in/index.md b/slides/tappaas/one-year-in/index.md
index 30c57da..3181a19 100644
--- a/slides/tappaas/one-year-in/index.md
+++ b/slides/tappaas/one-year-in/index.md
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ div.mermaid svg { width: 100% !important; height: auto !important; max-height: 4
 section.diagram h2 { margin-bottom: 0.1em; }
 /* Hand-drawn diagrams (inline SVG) get the same full-width treatment. */
 section.diagram > svg { display: block; width: 100%; height: auto; max-height: 520px; margin: 0 auto; }
+/* Two photographs side by side, with captions under each. */
+section.photos .two-up { display: flex; gap: 1.2em; justify-content: center; align-items: flex-start; }
+section.photos figure { margin: 0; flex: 1 1 0; text-align: center; }
+section.photos figure img { width: 100%; max-height: 430px; object-fit: contain; border-radius: 6px; }
+section.photos figcaption { font-size: 0.72em; opacity: 0.85; margin-top: 0.35em; }
 /* Section dividers: gaia's `lead` does the centring; this only sets the scale. */
 section.chapter h1 { font-size: 2.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; }
 /* Punch lines: the slides that are one sentence, said loudly. */
@@ -158,6 +163,32 @@ NIC on VLAN 100 straight to the modem, which is how OPNsense gets a WAN.
 
 ---
 
+<!-- _class: invert photos -->
+
+## The same platform, two very different rooms
+
+<div class="two-up">
+<figure>
+<img src="makerfloss-rack.jpg" alt="The MakerFLOSS rack at Orange Makerspace">
+<figcaption><strong>makerfloss.eu</strong> — Orange Makerspace. Donated enterprise iron, a community lab.</figcaption>
+</figure>
+<figure>
+<img src="hrossen-rack.jpg" alt="The rack in my basement at home">
+<figcaption><strong>hrossen.dk</strong> — my basement. Three small boxes, a switch, a modem.</figcaption>
+</figure>
+</div>
+
+Same modules. Same `install.sh`. Same tests. Same updates.
+
+<!--
+The point of showing both: TAPPaaS does not assume a datacentre OR a
+cupboard — the module contract is what makes those two rooms the same system.
+The makerspace rack is loud, rented space, many hands; mine is quiet, mine,
+and runs my family's calendar. Neither is the "real" deployment.
+-->
+
+---
+
 <!-- _class: invert diagram -->
 
 ## The software: foundation underneath, stacks on top
diff --git a/slides/tappaas/one-year-in/makerfloss-rack.jpg b/slides/tappaas/one-year-in/makerfloss-rack.jpg
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