Abstract: The present disclosure provides a visual search engine (VSE) configured to perform visual searches. The VSE may receive a query image for searching through a plurality of images stored in a dataset. Different ones of the images stored in the dataset may be indexed or logically grouped together based on a fractal transform that associates images depicting similar content with each other. A fractal transform of the query image may be used to identify a plurality of images from the dataset to be searched based on the query image. A modified image triplet technique using the query image, a derived set of similar images, and a derived set of dissimilar images may be utilized to identify features of the images being searched. Search results logic of the VSE may apply deep learning techniques to the feature sets to identify a set of search results to return for the query image.