+1 For those interested in compiling on current debian (sid), I found these dependencies:
libbabl-dev libexempi-dev libgfbgraph-0.2-dev libgegl-dev libgnome-desktop-3-dev libgrilo-0.2-dev libtracker-control-1.0-dev libtracker-sparql-1.0-dev Commands: git clone http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-photos/ cd gnome-photos git checkout 3.12.1 # otherwise it requires version 3.13 of gtk ./autogen.sh make sudo make install