Photo Distribution Method and Terminal

A method for distributing photos, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by a first terminal in a photo sharing group, user portrait information and address information of a second terminal in the photo sharing group;
• obtaining, by the first terminal, first index information that is created by the sharing terminal and that is of a to-be-shared photo, wherein the sharing terminal comprises at least one of the first terminal or a third terminal in the photo sharing group;
• segmenting, by the first terminal, the first index information into N pieces of second index information, and respectively allocating the N pieces of second index information to N processing terminals, wherein the processing terminals comprise a fourth terminal in the photo sharing group, and N≧2;
• and
• sending, by the first terminal, the user portrait information and the address information of the second terminal to the processing terminals, so that the processing terminals perform facial recognition on the corresponding to-be-shared photo in the second index information according to the second index information and the user portrait information of the second terminal, to determine a photo matching the user portrait information of the second terminal, and send the photo to the second terminal.