1. A method for determining an interest level of a digital image to a particular person, comprising: automatically analyzing the digital image or metadata associated with the digital image to designate one or more image elements in the digital image; determining familiarity levels of the designated image elements to the particular person; determining the interest level of the digital image to the particular person responsive to the determined familiarity levels; and storing an indication of the determined interest level in a processor-accessible memory; wherein the method is performed at least in part using a data processor.