Image processing apparatus capable of selecting a representative image for a group of images, image processing method, and program

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• a processor coupled to a memory and programmed to function as:
• an analyzation unit configured to analyze attribute information of each of a plurality of images stored in the memory;
• a deletion unit configured to delete, in the memory, a representative image representing a group which is constructed with the plurality of images, from the group;
• and
• a selection unit configured to select, in the memory, a representative image representing the group in place of the representative image of the group deleted by the deletion unit on the basis of relation between the attribute information of the deleted representative image and the attribute information of each image included in the group other than an image corresponding to the deleted representative image from images included in the group other than the image corresponding to the deleted representative image, in response to the deletion of the representative image by the selection unit.