Laying out photos to create a book

I'm new to Indesign. I've managed to create page templates to create a photo book. Now I can drag'n'drop photos to the cells on each page.
However I find it very hard to see what photo I've already added to the document (we're talking hundreds of photos). In other book creation software, or even in Lightroom, each photo is marked as 'added' once it was added to the book.
What is your technique, tips, etc... to create a photo book in indesign ?

thanks, I just had a look at Data Merge with images. It's a solution, but I find it overcomplicated because that means creating an Excel document with the list of my images (how would I create that from Lightroom...) and keeping it up-to-date since I often decide to add or remove images from the book as I create it.
Besides, that wouldn't let me see which images I've already added. It's a shame there is nothing built-in for indesign. Knowing which object was already placed on the pages, would really help.

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