Automated photo collages

A non-transitory computer accessible storage medium storing:

• a face detection module which, when executed, applies automated face detection to a plurality of digital photos in a database, wherein the plurality of digital photos were captured by one or more users on one or more user devices and uploaded to the database, wherein the face detection module detects one or more potential faces in the each of the plurality of digital photos;
• a collage generator module which, when executed, automatically generates a plurality of head shots from the plurality of digital photos responsive to the potential faces in the plurality of digital photos detected by the face detection module;
• the collage generator module, when executed, automatically inserts the plurality of digital photos and the plurality of head shots into a plurality of photo collages based on a template for the photo collages, wherein the template is defined by at least one of the one or more users, and wherein the template specifies a spatial arrangement of the plurality of head shots and a given photo of the plurality of digital photos within a given photo collage corresponding to the given photo, wherein the given photo collage includes the given photo and each of the plurality of head shots spatially arranged according to the template;
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• a plurality of instructions which, when executed, transmit the plurality of photo collages for delivery to the one or more users.