> try_files $uri $1/medium_$2 $1/large_$2 =404;

Hmm, thx the '= 404' is all that I missed.

p.s. the files indeed didn't exist (expected) but the request always returned the source/original file (without cropping it), but
now with the additional 404 it works nicely.

rr

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