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There is provided an image processing apparatus including an image processing unit for executing image processing based on image data of an image; a region extracting unit for extracting a main subject region corresponding to a main subject in said image for the image processing; and an image display unit for displaying the image in enlargement with the main subject region disposed at a center of image. There is also provided an image processing method for executing image processing based on image data of an image, comprising steps of: extracting a main subject region corresponding to a main subject in the image for the image processing; and displaying the image in enlargement with the main subject region disposed at a center of image The apparatus and the method as above allow the correction of a red-eye color, the trimming processing, and the freckle and wrinkle removing processing, all based on image data, to be easily confirmed and inspected in a short time.