https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10307521/ios-png-image-rotated-90-degrees

FixRotatedImage.m

UIImage *image = ...;

//Have the image draw itself in the correct orientation if necessary
if(!(image.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientationUp ||
    image.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientationUpMirrored))
{
    CGSize imgsize = image.size;
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(imgsize);
    [image drawInRect:CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, imgsize.width, imgsize.height)];
    image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
}

NSData *png = UIImagePNGRepresentation(image);

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10600613/ios-image-orientation-has-strange-behavior/10602363#10602363