diff --git a/resources/celerity/map.php b/resources/celerity/map.php
--- a/resources/celerity/map.php
+++ b/resources/celerity/map.php
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     'rsrc/css/application/paste/paste.css' => '1898e534',
     'rsrc/css/application/people/people-profile.css' => '2473d929',
     'rsrc/css/application/phame/phame.css' => '737792d6',
-    'rsrc/css/application/pholio/pholio-edit.css' => '3ad9d1ee',
+    'rsrc/css/application/pholio/pholio-edit.css' => 'b15fec4a',
     'rsrc/css/application/pholio/pholio-inline-comments.css' => '8e545e49',
     'rsrc/css/application/pholio/pholio.css' => 'ca89d380',
     'rsrc/css/application/phortune/phortune-credit-card-form.css' => '8391eb02',
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@
     'phabricator-zindex-css' => '5b6fcf3f',
     'phame-css' => '737792d6',
     'pholio-css' => 'ca89d380',
-    'pholio-edit-css' => '3ad9d1ee',
+    'pholio-edit-css' => 'b15fec4a',
     'pholio-inline-comments-css' => '8e545e49',
     'phortune-credit-card-form' => '2290aeef',
     'phortune-credit-card-form-css' => '8391eb02',
diff --git a/src/applications/pholio/view/PholioUploadedImageView.php b/src/applications/pholio/view/PholioUploadedImageView.php
--- a/src/applications/pholio/view/PholioUploadedImageView.php
+++ b/src/applications/pholio/view/PholioUploadedImageView.php
@@ -42,12 +42,19 @@
       PhabricatorFileThumbnailTransform::TRANSFORM_PINBOARD);
     $thumbnail_uri = $file->getURIForTransform($xform);
 
+    $thumb_img = phutil_tag(
+      'img',
+      array(
+        'class' => 'pholio-thumb-img',
+        'src' => $thumbnail_uri,
+      ));
+
     $thumb_frame = phutil_tag(
       'div',
       array(
         'class' => 'pholio-thumb-frame',
-        'style' => 'background-image: url('.$thumbnail_uri.');',
-      ));
+      ),
+      $thumb_img);
 
     $handle = javelin_tag(
       'div',
diff --git a/webroot/rsrc/css/application/pholio/pholio-edit.css b/webroot/rsrc/css/application/pholio/pholio-edit.css
--- a/webroot/rsrc/css/application/pholio/pholio-edit.css
+++ b/webroot/rsrc/css/application/pholio/pholio-edit.css
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 .pholio-thumb-box {
   margin: 2px 0;
   float: left;
-  background: #f7f7f7;
-  border: 1px solid #D5D9DF;
+  background: {$lightgreybackground};
+  border: 1px solid {$lightgreyborder};
   border-radius: 3px;
   width: 296px;
   overflow: hidden;
@@ -38,16 +38,16 @@
   margin: 0 auto;
 }
 
-.pholio-thumb-frame {
-  background-color: #ffffff;
-  background-position: center center;
-  background-repeat: no-repeat;
-  background-size: 280px 210px;
-  width: 280px;
-  height: 210px;
+.pholio-thumb-img {
+  max-width: 280px;
+  max-height: 210px;
   padding: 8px;
 }
 
+.pholio-thumb-frame {
+  background: url('/rsrc/image/checker_lighter.png');
+}
+
 .device .pholio-thumb-frame {
   width: 100%;
 }