A server for providing an information record comprising selected information related to an image depicted in a digital photograph, the server comprising: a database storing, in association with each of a plurality of subject matters: recognition data for recognizing the subject matter within an image, the recognition data including a categorization level database associating each of a plurality of image categories with content recognition data for determining whether the digital image is within the image category, and an identification level database associating, with each image category, subject matter within the image category with data about the subject matter; and information related to the subject matter; and a recognition application for: receiving a request from a remote client system, the request comprising a digital image; applying the recognition data to the digital image to determine a selected subject matter, the selected subject matter being the subject matter depicted in the digital image, by comparing the digital image with the content recognition data to determine a selected image category, the selected image category being the image category with content recognition data with which the digital image corresponds, and comparing the digital image with subject matter within the selected image category to determine a selected subject matter; obtaining selected information from the database, the selected information being the information related to the selected subject matter; and returning a response to the remote client system, the response comprising the information record comprising the selected information. a database storing, in association with each of a plurality of subject matters: recognition data for recognizing the subject matter within an image, the recognition data including a categorization level database associating each of a plurality of image categories with content recognition data for determining whether the digital image is within the image category, and an identification level database associating, with each image category, subject matter within the image category with data about the subject matter; and information related to the subject matter; and recognition data for recognizing the subject matter within an image, the recognition data including a categorization level database associating each of a plurality of image categories with content recognition data for determining whether the digital image is within the image category, and an identification level database associating, with each image category, subject matter within the image category with data about the subject matter; and information related to the subject matter; and a recognition application for: receiving a request from a remote client system, the request comprising a digital image; applying the recognition data to the digital image to determine a selected subject matter, the selected subject matter being the subject matter depicted in the digital image, by comparing the digital image with the content recognition data to determine a selected image category, the selected image category being the image category with content recognition data with which the digital image corresponds, and comparing the digital image with subject matter within the selected image category to determine a selected subject matter; obtaining selected information from the database, the selected information being the information related to the selected subject matter; and returning a response to the remote client system, the response comprising the information record comprising the selected information. receiving a request from a remote client system, the request comprising a digital image; applying the recognition data to the digital image to determine a selected subject matter, the selected subject matter being the subject matter depicted in the digital image, by comparing the digital image with the content recognition data to determine a selected image category, the selected image category being the image category with content recognition data with which the digital image corresponds, and comparing the digital image with subject matter within the selected image category to determine a selected subject matter; obtaining selected information from the database, the selected information being the information related to the selected subject matter; and returning a response to the remote client system, the response comprising the information record comprising the selected information.