From photo networks to social networks, creation and use of a social network derived with photos

With the new possibilities in communication and information management, social networks and photos have received plenty of attention in the digital age. In this paper, we show how social photos, captured during family events, representing individuals or groups, can be visualized as a network that reveals social attributes. From this photo network, social network is extracted that can help to build personalized albums. The photo network organization makes use of Formal Concept Analysis methods.