diff --git a/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb b/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb
index 339848d33..efff2f0cd 100644
--- a/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ class PhotosController < ApplicationController
         @contacts_of_contact_count = 0
       end
 
-      @posts = current_user.photos_from(@person).paginate(:page => params[:page])
-
-      render 'people/show'
+      @posts = current_user.photos_from(@person)
+      
+      respond_to do |format|
+        format.all { render 'people/show' }
+        format.json{ render_for_api :backbone, :json => @posts, :root => :photos }
+      end
 
     else
       flash[:error] = I18n.t 'people.show.does_not_exist'
diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/collections/photos.js b/public/javascripts/app/collections/photos.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40c960b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/collections/photos.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+app.collections.Photos = Backbone.Collection.extend({
+  url : "/photos",
+
+  model: function(attrs, options) {
+    var modelClass = app.models.Photo
+    return new modelClass(attrs, options);
+  },
+
+  parse: function(resp){
+    return resp.photos;
+  }
+});
diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/models/photo.js b/public/javascripts/app/models/photo.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05b4a3c1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/models/photo.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+app.models.Photo = Backbone.Model.extend({
+  urlRoot : "/photos",
+
+  initialize : function() {},
+
+  createdAt : function() {
+    return this.timeOf("created_at");
+  },
+
+  timeOf: function(field) {
+    return new Date(this.get(field)) /1000;
+  },
+
+});
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diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/models/photos.js b/public/javascripts/app/models/photos.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cbffb3de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/models/photos.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+app.models.Photos = Backbone.Model.extend({
+  initialize : function(){
+    this.photos = new app.collections.Photos([], this.photoOptions());
+  },
+
+  photoOptions :function(){
+      var order = this.sortOrder();
+      return {
+          comparator : function(photo) { return -photo[order](); }
+      }
+  },
+
+  url : function() {
+    return _.any(this.photos.models) ? this.timeFilteredPath() : this.basePath()
+  },
+
+  _fetching : false,
+
+  fetch : function(){
+    if(this._fetching) { return false; }
+    var self = this;
+
+    // we're fetching the collection... there is probably a better way to do this
+    self._fetching = true;
+
+    this.photos
+      .fetch({
+        add : true,
+        url : self.url()
+      })
+      .done(
+        function(resp){
+          // we're done fetching... there is probably a better way to handle this
+          self._fetching = false;
+
+          self.trigger("fetched", self);
+
+          // all loaded?
+          if(resp.photos && resp.photos.length == 0) {
+            self.trigger("allPostsLoaded", self);
+          }
+        }
+      );
+      
+    return this;
+  },
+  
+  basePath : function(){
+    return document.location.pathname;
+  },
+
+  timeFilteredPath : function(){
+   return this.basePath() + "?max_time=" + this.maxTime();
+  },
+
+  maxTime: function(){
+    var lastPost = _.last(this.photos.models);
+    return lastPost[this.sortOrder()]()
+  },
+
+  sortOrder : function() {
+    return "createdAt";
+  },
+
+  add : function(models){
+    this.photos.add(models)
+  }
+
+});
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diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/router.js b/public/javascripts/app/router.js
index 736128730..2f6e6dc23 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/app/router.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/router.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ app.Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
     "liked": "stream",
     "mentions": "stream",
     "people/:id": "stream",
-      "u/:name": "stream",
+    "people/:id/photos": "photos",
+    "u/:name": "stream",
     "followed_tags": "stream",
     "tags/:name": "stream",
     "posts/:id": "singlePost",
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ app.Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
   },
 
   stream : function() {
-    app.stream = new app.models.Stream()
+    app.stream = new app.models.Stream();
     app.page = new app.views.Stream({model : app.stream}).render();
     app.publisher = app.publisher || new app.views.Publisher({collection : app.stream.posts});
 
@@ -29,6 +30,13 @@ app.Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
     $('#selected_aspect_contacts .content').html(streamFacesView.el);
   },
 
+  photos : function() {
+    app.photos = new app.models.Photos();
+    app.page = new app.views.Photos({model : app.photos}).render();
+
+    $("#main_stream").html(app.page.el);
+  },   
+
   singlePost : function(id) {
     new app.models.Post({id : id}).fetch({success : function(resp){
       var postAttrs = resp.get("posts");
diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/templates/photo.handlebars b/public/javascripts/app/templates/photo.handlebars
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..375d6869e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/templates/photo.handlebars
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<a href="#" class="photo-link">
+  <img src="{{sizes.large}}" class="photo big_photo" data-small-photo="{{sizes.small}}" data-full-photo="{{sizes.large}}" rel="lightbox">
+</a>
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diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/views/photo_view.js b/public/javascripts/app/views/photo_view.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c672863d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/views/photo_view.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+app.views.Photo = app.views.StreamObject.extend({
+
+  templateName: "photo",
+
+  className : "photo loaded",
+
+  initialize : function() {
+    $(this.el).attr("id", this.model.get("guid"));
+    this.model.bind('remove', this.remove, this);
+    return this;
+  }
+  
+});
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diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/views/photos_view.js b/public/javascripts/app/views/photos_view.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9161356e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/views/photos_view.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+app.views.Photos = Backbone.View.extend({
+
+  events : {},
+
+  initialize : function(options) {
+    this.photos = this.model;
+    this.collection = this.model.photos;
+
+    this.setupEvents();
+    //this.setupLightbox(); ERROR: "imageThumb is undefined" ...
+  },
+
+  setupEvents : function(){
+    this.photos.bind("fetched", this.removeLoader, this)
+    this.collection.bind("add", this.addPhoto, this);
+  },
+
+  addPhoto : function(photo) {
+    var photoView = new app.views.Photo({ model: photo });
+
+    $(this.el)[
+      (this.collection.at(0).id == photo.id)
+        ? "prepend"
+        : "append"
+    ](photoView.render().el);
+
+    return this;
+  },
+
+  render : function(evt) {
+    if(evt) {evt.preventDefault(); }
+
+    if(this.model.fetch()) {
+      this.appendLoader();
+    };
+    
+    return this;
+  },
+
+  appendLoader: function(){
+    $("#paginate").html($("<img>", {
+      src : "/images/static-loader.png",
+      "class" : "loader"
+    }));
+  },
+
+  removeLoader: function() {
+    $("#paginate").empty();
+  },
+
+  setupLightbox : function(){
+    this.lightbox = Diaspora.BaseWidget.instantiate("Lightbox");
+    $(this.el).delegate("a.photo-link", "click", this.lightbox.lightboxImageClicked);
+  },
+
+});
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diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index f0583a407..cee46c3c5 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -2821,3 +2821,4 @@ a.toggle_selector
   :color #999
   a
     :color #666
+    :color #666
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diff --git a/spec/controllers/photos_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/photos_controller_spec.rb
index 1d9e5d491..6279723af 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/photos_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/photos_controller_spec.rb
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ describe PhotosController do
       assigns[:person].should == bob.person
       assigns[:posts].should == [@bobs_photo]
     end
+
+    it "returns json when requested" do
+      request.env['HTTP_ACCEPT'] = 'application/json'
+      get :index, :person_id => alice.person.guid.to_s
+
+      response.headers['Content-Type'].should match 'application/json.*'
+      save_fixture(response.body, "photos_json")
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#show' do
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/models/photo_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/models/photo_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1ccd8703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/models/photo_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+describe("app.models.Photo", function() {
+  
+  beforeEach(function(){
+    this.photo = new app.models.Photo();
+  });
+
+  describe("url", function(){
+    it("should be /photos when it doesn't have an id", function(){
+      expect(new app.models.Photo().url()).toBe("/photos");
+    });
+  
+    it("should be /photos/id when it has an id", function(){
+      expect(new app.models.Photo({id: 5}).url()).toBe("/photos/5");
+    });
+  });
+  
+  describe("createdAt", function() {
+    it("returns the photo's created_at as an integer", function() {
+      var date = new Date;
+      this.photo.set({ created_at: +date * 1000 });
+
+      expect(typeof this.photo.createdAt()).toEqual("number");
+      expect(this.photo.createdAt()).toEqual(+date);
+    });
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/photos_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/photos_view_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c96a39df8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/photos_view_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+describe("app.views.Photos", function() {
+  beforeEach(function() {
+    loginAs({name: "alice", avatar : {small : "http://avatar.com/photo.jpg"}});
+
+    this._photos = $.parseJSON(spec.readFixture("photos_json"))["photos"];
+
+    this.photos = new app.models.Photos();
+    this.photos.add(this._photos);
+
+    this.view = new app.views.Photos({model : this.photos});
+
+    // do this manually because we've moved loadMore into render??
+    this.view.render();
+    _.each(this.view.collection.models, function(photo) {
+      this.view.addPhoto(photo);
+    }, this);
+  });
+
+  describe("initialize", function() {
+    // nothing there yet
+  });
+
+  describe("#render", function() {
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      this.photo = this.photos.photos.models[0];
+      this.photoElement = $(this.view.$("#" + this.photo.get("guid")));
+    });
+
+    context("when rendering a photo message", function() {
+      it("shows the photo in the content area", function() {
+        expect(this.photoElement.length).toBeGreaterThan(0); //markdown'ed
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("removeLoader", function() {
+    it("emptys the pagination div when the stream is fetched", function() {
+      $("#jasmine_content").append($('<div id="paginate">OMG</div>'));
+      expect($("#paginate").text()).toBe("OMG");
+      this.view.photos.trigger("fetched");
+      expect($("#paginate")).toBeEmpty();
+    });
+  });
+  
+});