pillow_exif_rotate.py

from PIL import Image, ExifTags


def exif_rotate(img):
	exif_tags = dict([(x[1], x[0]) for x in ExifTags.TAGS.items()])

	orientation = 1
	try:
		orientation = img._getexif()[exif_tags['Orientation']]
	except:
		pass

	if orientation == 1:
		return img
	elif orientation == 2:
		return img.transpose(Image.FLIP_LEFT_RIGHT)
	elif orientation == 3:
		return img.transpose(Image.ROTATE_180)
	elif orientation == 4:
		return img.transpose(Image.FLIP_TOP_BOTTOM)
	elif orientation == 5:
		return img.transpose(Image.FLIP_LEFT_RIGHT).transpose(Image.ROTATE_90)
	elif orientation == 6:
		return img.transpose(Image.ROTATE_270)
	elif orientation == 7:
		return img.transpose(Image.FLIP_TOP_BOTTOM).transpose(Image.ROTATE_90)
	elif orientation == 8:
		return img.transpose(Image.ROTATE_90)

	return img


img = Image.open("bla.jpg")
img = exif_rotate(img)
img.thumbnail((720, 720))
img.save("foo.jpg")