# Frontend Visual Assets

This folder contains visual assets for Recipe Manager.

## Directory map

- `photos/` — **new photo-first asset surface** (manifest + future vendored photos)
- `hero/` — legacy illustration hero assets (deprecated for primary storytelling)
- `food/` — placeholders and legacy illustrated food assets
- `food/curated/` — legacy illustrated recipe art (deprecated for cards)
- `category/` — category icons (retain)
- `category/illustrations/` — legacy illustrated category art (deprecated)
- `empty-state/` — empty-state illustrations (retain temporarily)
- `ui/` — shared decorative UI assets

## Direction update

As of the photo-first correction wave, **real food photography is the primary visual direction**.
Illustrations are now fallback/support-only unless explicitly approved.

## Source and licensing

- Legacy SVG pack: original repository-owned artwork, no attribution required.
- Photo-first pipeline: see `photos/README.md` and `photos/manifest.json`.

Docs:
- `docs/visual-audit/assets.md`
- `docs/visual-audit/photo-first-assets.md`
