diff --git a/app/components/place-photo-upload-item.gjs b/app/components/place-photo-upload-item.gjs
index 0194e1b..0e41c2a 100644
--- a/app/components/place-photo-upload-item.gjs
+++ b/app/components/place-photo-upload-item.gjs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export default class PlacePhotoUploadItem extends Component {
   @tracked thumbnailUrl = '';
   @tracked blurhash = '';
   @tracked error = '';
+  @tracked statusText = '';
 
   constructor() {
     super(...arguments);
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ export default class PlacePhotoUploadItem extends Component {
 
   uploadTask = task(async (file) => {
     this.error = '';
+    this.statusText = 'Processing';
     try {
       // 1. Process main image and generate blurhash in worker
       const mainData = await this.imageProcessor.process(
@@ -71,18 +73,34 @@ export default class PlacePhotoUploadItem extends Component {
       let mainResult, thumbResult;
       const isMobileDevice = isMobile();
 
+      const mainProgress = (status) => {
+        if (status === 'signing') this.statusText = 'Signing photo upload';
+        if (status === 'uploading') this.statusText = 'Uploading photo';
+      };
+
+      const thumbProgress = (status) => {
+        if (status === 'signing') this.statusText = 'Signing thumbnail upload';
+        if (status === 'uploading') this.statusText = 'Uploading thumbnail';
+      };
+
       if (isMobileDevice) {
         // Mobile: sequential uploads to preserve bandwidth and memory
         mainResult = await this.blossom.upload(mainData.blob, {
           sequential: true,
+          onProgress: mainProgress,
         });
         thumbResult = await this.blossom.upload(thumbData.blob, {
           sequential: true,
+          onProgress: thumbProgress,
         });
       } else {
         // Desktop: concurrent uploads
-        const mainUploadPromise = this.blossom.upload(mainData.blob);
-        const thumbUploadPromise = this.blossom.upload(thumbData.blob);
+        const mainUploadPromise = this.blossom.upload(mainData.blob, {
+          onProgress: mainProgress,
+        });
+        const thumbUploadPromise = this.blossom.upload(thumbData.blob, {
+          onProgress: thumbProgress,
+        });
 
         [mainResult, thumbResult] = await Promise.all([
           mainUploadPromise,
@@ -127,6 +145,9 @@ export default class PlacePhotoUploadItem extends Component {
             @color="white"
             class="spin-animation"
           />
+          {{#if this.statusText}}
+            <span class="upload-status-text">{{this.statusText}}</span>
+          {{/if}}
         </div>
       {{/if}}
 
diff --git a/app/services/blossom.js b/app/services/blossom.js
index 4a189a0..4ac85be 100644
--- a/app/services/blossom.js
+++ b/app/services/blossom.js
@@ -60,10 +60,13 @@ export default class BlossomService extends Service {
     return `Nostr ${base64url}`;
   }
 
-  async _uploadToServer(file, hash, serverUrl) {
+  async _uploadToServer(file, hash, serverUrl, onProgress) {
     const uploadUrl = getBlossomUrl(serverUrl, 'upload');
+
+    if (onProgress) onProgress('signing');
     const authHeader = await this._getAuthHeader('upload', hash, serverUrl);
 
+    if (onProgress) onProgress('uploading');
     // eslint-disable-next-line warp-drive/no-external-request-patterns
     const response = await fetch(uploadUrl, {
       method: 'PUT',
@@ -109,14 +112,20 @@ export default class BlossomService extends Service {
 
     if (options.sequential) {
       // Sequential upload logic
-      mainResult = await this._uploadToServer(file, payloadHash, mainServer);
+      mainResult = await this._uploadToServer(
+        file,
+        payloadHash,
+        mainServer,
+        options.onProgress
+      );
 
       for (const serverUrl of fallbackServers) {
         try {
           const result = await this._uploadToServer(
             file,
             payloadHash,
-            serverUrl
+            serverUrl,
+            options.onProgress
           );
           fallbackUrls.push(result.url);
         } catch (error) {
@@ -125,9 +134,14 @@ export default class BlossomService extends Service {
       }
     } else {
       // Concurrent upload logic
-      const mainPromise = this._uploadToServer(file, payloadHash, mainServer);
+      const mainPromise = this._uploadToServer(
+        file,
+        payloadHash,
+        mainServer,
+        options.onProgress
+      );
       const fallbackPromises = fallbackServers.map((serverUrl) =>
-        this._uploadToServer(file, payloadHash, serverUrl)
+        this._uploadToServer(file, payloadHash, serverUrl, options.onProgress)
       );
 
       // Main server MUST succeed
diff --git a/app/styles/app.css b/app/styles/app.css
index 705293e..64fa21d 100644
--- a/app/styles/app.css
+++ b/app/styles/app.css
@@ -285,10 +285,20 @@ body {
   inset: 0;
   background: rgb(0 0 0 / 60%);
   display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: center;
 }
 
+.upload-status-text {
+  color: white;
+  margin-top: 1rem;
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  text-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgb(0 0 0 / 80%);
+  text-align: center;
+  padding: 0 1rem;
+}
+
 .photo-upload-item .error-overlay {
   background: rgb(224 108 117 / 80%);
   cursor: pointer;