diff --git a/sigal/gallery.py b/sigal/gallery.py
index 7e8ac12..4a3f289 100644
--- a/sigal/gallery.py
+++ b/sigal/gallery.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ from click import get_terminal_size, progressbar
 
 from . import image, signals, video
 from .image import (get_exif_data, get_exif_tags, get_iptc_data, get_size,
-                    process_image)
+                    process_image, get_image_metadata)
 from .settings import get_thumb
 from .utils import (Devnull, cached_property, check_or_create_dir, copy,
                     get_mime, is_valid_html5_video, read_markdown,
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ class Media:
         self.description = ''
         """Description extracted from the Markdown <imagename>.md file."""
 
+        self.file_metadata = {}
+
         self.title = ''
         """Title extracted from the Markdown <imagename>.md file."""
 
@@ -196,6 +198,8 @@ class Image(Media):
 
     def _get_metadata(self):
         super()._get_metadata()
+        src_metadata = get_image_metadata(self.src_path)
+        self.file_metadata[self.src_path] = src_metadata
         # If a title or description hasn't been obtained by other means, look
         #  for the information in IPTC fields
         if self.title and self.description:
@@ -203,7 +207,7 @@ class Image(Media):
             return
 
         try:
-            iptc_data = get_iptc_data(self.src_path)
+            iptc_data = src_metadata.get('iptc', {})
         except Exception as e:
             self.logger.warning('Could not read IPTC data from %s: %s',
                                 self.src_path, e)
@@ -217,7 +221,7 @@ class Image(Media):
     def raw_exif(self):
         """If not `None`, contains the raw EXIF tags."""
         try:
-            return (get_exif_data(self.src_path)
+            return (self.file_metadata[self.src_path]['exif']
                     if self.ext in ('.jpg', '.jpeg') else None)
         except Exception as e:
             self.logger.warning('Could not read EXIF data from %s: %s',
diff --git a/sigal/image.py b/sigal/image.py
index b1a4066..67fc1a7 100644
--- a/sigal/image.py
+++ b/sigal/image.py
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ def _has_exif_tags(img):
 
 
 def _read_image(file_path):
+    # The image is already opened
+    if isinstance(file_path, PILImage.Image):
+        return file_path
+
     with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as caught_warnings:
         im = PILImage.open(file_path)
 
@@ -271,6 +275,43 @@ def get_iptc_data(filename):
     return iptc_data
 
 
+def get_image_metadata(filename):
+    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+    try:
+        img = _read_image(filename)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error('Could not open image %s metadata: %s',
+                     filename, e)
+
+    exif = None
+    iptc = None
+    size = None
+
+    try:
+        exif = get_exif_data(img)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.warning('Could not read EXIF data from %s: %s',
+                       filename, e)
+
+    try:
+        iptc = get_iptc_data(img)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.warning('Could not read IPTC data from %s: %s',
+                       filename, e)
+
+    try:
+        size = get_size(img)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.warning('Could not read size from %s: %s',
+                       filename, e)
+
+    return {
+            'exif': exif,
+            'iptc': iptc,
+            'size': size,
+            }
+
+
 def dms_to_degrees(v):
     """Convert degree/minute/second to decimal degrees."""