Cannot build docker image

[kanwarplaha]

While doing docker-compose build, I get the following error:

12.88 warn:    ┏ Error loading cache file +2ms
12.88 warn:    ┃ [1] {
12.88 warn:    ┃ [2]   error: [Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'storage/photos.json'] {
12.88 warn:    ┃ [3]     errno: -2,
12.88 warn:    ┃ [4]     code: 'ENOENT',
12.88 warn:    ┃ [5]     syscall: 'open',
12.88 warn:    ┃ [6]     path: 'storage/photos.json'
12.88 warn:    ┃ [7]   }
12.88 warn:    ┗ [8] }
12.88 info:    ┏ Skipping cache file. +5ms
12.88 info:    ┗ [1] { cacheFileExists: false, processingOptionsChanged: true, regenerate: false }
12.88 info:    ▪ Starting file processing... (This can take awhile) +0ms
12.88 error:   ┏ Error reading the photos directory +1ms
12.88 error:   ┗ [1] { photosDir: './public/photos', directory: undefined, fullPath: './public/photos' }
12.88 
12.88 Error occurred prerendering page "/". Read more: https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/prerender-error
12.88 Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir './public/photos'
12.88 info  - Generating static pages (3/3)

I have replaced all BASE_DIR with my actual base directory where the photos are. Where is "./public/photos" coming from?

Can I have some clarity please?