Abstract: A facial recognition system, method and computer readable medium for improved facial recognition. The facial recognition system includes an image pre-processing module configured to receive a subject facial image and one or more reference facial images. The image pre-processing module is configured to perform pose and lighting correction processing on the subject facial image and on the reference facial images. The facial recognition system also includes a face matching module configured to perform facial recognition analysis of the corrected subject facial image with one or more reference facial images. The facial recognition system also includes an output module configured to receive facial recognition results from the face matching module. The output module is configured to manage the operation of the face recognition system including the operation of the face recognition system based on the facial recognition results received from the face matching module.