diff --git a/docker/frontend/src/engine/exportEngine.ts b/docker/frontend/src/engine/exportEngine.ts
index 197d0f2..5935e57 100644
--- a/docker/frontend/src/engine/exportEngine.ts
+++ b/docker/frontend/src/engine/exportEngine.ts
@@ -279,7 +279,10 @@ export async function renderPhoto(input: RenderInput): Promise<RenderResult | nu
     const aspectWH = options?.aspect && options.aspect !== 'full' ? ASPECT_RATIO_W_H[options.aspect] : null;
     const cropRect = options?.cropRect ?? null;
     const ratioWH = cropRect ? null : options?.cropWH ?? aspectWH;
-    if ((cropRect || ratioWH) && !isWallframe(frameId)) {
+    // A wall is an artwork with its own opening, so the aspect chip (ratioWH)
+    // has nothing to say there — but the visitor's own crop does, or a photo
+    // that was cropped and applied comes back whole behind the frame.
+    if (cropRect || (ratioWH && !isWallframe(frameId))) {
       const curAspect = width / height;
       let cropW = width;
       let cropH = height;