1. An information processing apparatus comprising: at least one processor configured to: extract a feature of an image by image analysis; generate a contracted image corresponding to the image such that a resolution of the contracted image is lower than a resolution of the image; generate metadata including feature information based on the feature extracted from the image, wherein the feature information is at least in part indicative of a position and a size of the feature contained in the image; associate the metadata with the image and the contracted image; and control transmission, to a device different from the information processing apparatus, of (1) the contracted image selected from a plurality of contracted images and (2) the metadata corresponding to the image, wherein the transmission is for controlling, by the device, searching images based on the metadata and displaying the searched images related to the metadata.