Using photograph to initiate and perform action

A method of identifying a request target based on a picture, the method comprising:

• using a processor to perform acts comprising:
• receiving, from a user, an image of a first face in a photograph ;
• using said first face, said social graph, and a photo database to identify one or more candidates in said social graph as being said target person;
• providing a list of said candidates to a device of said user;
• based on a fact that a first one of said candidates was identified as being one of said candidates based on said first face, and not based on said user's having identified said first one of said candidates using text, receiving a request by said user to add a connection to a target person in a social graph;
• and
• adding, to said social graph, a connection between a first one of said candidates and said user.

A system for identifying a request target based on a picture, the system comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor;
• a social graph that defines relationships among people in a social network;
• a photo database that stores photographs and metadata relating to said photographs;
• and
• a component that is stored in said memory and that executes on said processor, that receives a photograph containing a first face and one or more second faces, that uses said first face, said social graph, and said photo database to identify one or more candidates in said social graph as being said target person, that provides providing a list of said candidates to a device of a user, that receives, from said user a request to add a connection between said user and said target person in said social graph, and that adds to said social graph a connection between a first one of said candidates and said user based on a fact that a first one of said candidates was identified as being one of said candidates based on said first face, and not based on said user's having identified said first one of said candidates using text.