1. A computer-implemented method for automatic curation of digital images, the method comprising: selecting one of every two or more duplicate digital images of a plurality of digital images; determining an image quality score for each of the selected digital images based on content and metadata of the respective digital image, the content being processed with a first processing time if an indication in the metadata corresponds to placing greater emphasis on the metadata than the content, the content being processed with a second processing time if the indication in the metadata corresponds to placing greater emphasis on the content than the metadata, the second processing time being greater than the first processing time; associating with the each of the selected digital images, a ranking based on its respective image quality score; generating image curation data that includes each of the selected digital images with the associated ranking; and providing, for transmission, a digital image from the image curation data based on the associated ranking, the provided digital image being a representative digital image for the selected digital images in the image curation data.