diff --git a/src/app/static.ts b/src/app/static.ts
index 1495bbdd..3fad0f6d 100644
--- a/src/app/static.ts
+++ b/src/app/static.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   STATICALLY_OPTIMIZED_PHOTO_CATEGORY_OG_IMAGES,
 } from '@/app/config';
 import { GENERATE_STATIC_PARAMS_LIMIT } from '@/photo/db';
-import { getPhotoIds } from '@/photo/db/query';
+import { getPublicPhotoIds } from '@/photo/db/query';
 import { depluralize, pluralize } from '@/utility/string';
 
 type StaticOutput = 'page' | 'image';
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ export const staticallyGeneratePhotosIfConfigured = (type: StaticOutput) =>
     (type === 'image' && STATICALLY_OPTIMIZED_PHOTO_CATEGORY_OG_IMAGES)
   )
     ? async () => {
-      const photos = await getPhotoIds({ limit: GENERATE_STATIC_PARAMS_LIMIT });
+      const photos = await getPublicPhotoIds({
+        limit: GENERATE_STATIC_PARAMS_LIMIT,
+      });
       if (IS_BUILDING) {
         logStaticGenerationDetails(photos.length, `photo ${type}`);
       }
diff --git a/src/photo/db/query.ts b/src/photo/db/query.ts
index 96141337..35cffde1 100644
--- a/src/photo/db/query.ts
+++ b/src/photo/db/query.ts
@@ -527,12 +527,12 @@ export const getPhotosMeta = (options: GetPhotosOptions = {}) =>
       }));
   }, 'getPhotosMeta');
 
-export const getPhotoIds = async ({ limit }: { limit?: number }) =>
+export const getPublicPhotoIds = async ({ limit }: { limit?: number }) =>
   safelyQueryPhotos(() => (limit
-    ? sql`SELECT id FROM photos LIMIT ${limit}`
-    : sql`SELECT id FROM photos`)
+    ? sql`SELECT id FROM photos WHERE hidden IS NOT TRUE LIMIT ${limit}`
+    : sql`SELECT id FROM photos WHERE hidden IS NOT TRUE`)
     .then(({ rows }) => rows.map(({ id }) => id as string))
-  , 'getPhotoIds');
+  , 'getPublicPhotoIds');
 
 export const getPhoto = async (
   id: string,