diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 6721509..6b9d854 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ alphabetical order):
 - Alexandre Chataignon (@xouillet)
 - Alexey Bazhin
 - Andreas Sieferlinger
+- Andriy Dzedolik (@IrvinDitz)
 - Antoine Beaupré
 - Antoine Pitrou
 - Brent Bandelgar (@brentbb)
diff --git a/sigal/gallery.py b/sigal/gallery.py
index fffa37a..35d74aa 100644
--- a/sigal/gallery.py
+++ b/sigal/gallery.py
@@ -175,11 +175,16 @@ class Image(Media):
             # Nothing to do - we already have title and description
             return
 
-        iptc_data = get_iptc_data(self.src_path)
-        if not self.title and iptc_data.get('title'):
-            self.title = iptc_data['title']
-        if not self.description and iptc_data.get('description'):
-            self.description = iptc_data['description']
+        try:
+            iptc_data = get_iptc_data(self.src_path)
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.logger.warning(u'Could not read IPTC data from %s: %s',
+                    self.src_path, e)
+        else:
+            if not self.title and iptc_data.get('title'):
+                self.title = iptc_data['title']
+            if not self.description and iptc_data.get('description'):
+                self.description = iptc_data['description']
 
     @cached_property
     def raw_exif(self):