diff --git a/Classes/IDMPhoto.h b/Classes/IDMPhoto.h
index 3de62427..dbc9241b 100644
--- a/Classes/IDMPhoto.h
+++ b/Classes/IDMPhoto.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 #import "IDMPhotoProtocol.h"
-#import "AFNetworking.h"
+#import <SDWebImage/SDWebImageManager.h>
 
 // This class models a photo/image and it's caption
 // If you want to handle photos, caching, decompression
diff --git a/Classes/IDMPhoto.m b/Classes/IDMPhoto.m
index d37d1dc5..29481a43 100644
--- a/Classes/IDMPhoto.m
+++ b/Classes/IDMPhoto.m
@@ -135,28 +135,20 @@ - (void)loadUnderlyingImageAndNotify {
             // Load async from file
             [self performSelectorInBackground:@selector(loadImageFromFileAsync) withObject:nil];
         } else if (_photoURL) {
-            // Load async from web (using AFNetworking)
-            NSURLRequest *request = [[NSURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:_photoURL
-                                                          cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReturnCacheDataElseLoad
-                                                      timeoutInterval:0];
-            
-            AFHTTPRequestOperation *op = [[AFHTTPRequestOperation alloc] initWithRequest:request];
-            op.responseSerializer = [AFImageResponseSerializer serializer];
-
-            [op setCompletionBlockWithSuccess:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, id responseObject) {
-                UIImage *image = responseObject;
-                self.underlyingImage = image;
-                [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(imageLoadingComplete) withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO];
-            } failure:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, NSError *error) { }];
-            
-            [op setDownloadProgressBlock:^(NSUInteger bytesRead, long long totalBytesRead, long long totalBytesExpectedToRead) {
-                CGFloat progress = ((CGFloat)totalBytesRead)/((CGFloat)totalBytesExpectedToRead);
+            // Load async from web (using SDWebImageManager)
+            SDWebImageManager *manager = [SDWebImageManager sharedManager];
+            [manager downloadImageWithURL:_photoURL options:SDWebImageRetryFailed progress:^(NSInteger receivedSize, NSInteger expectedSize) {
+                CGFloat progress = ((CGFloat)receivedSize)/((CGFloat)expectedSize);
                 if (self.progressUpdateBlock) {
                     self.progressUpdateBlock(progress);
                 }
+            } completed:^(UIImage *image, NSError *error, SDImageCacheType cacheType, BOOL finished, NSURL *imageURL) {
+                if (image) {
+                    self.underlyingImage = image;
+                    [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(imageLoadingComplete) withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO];
+                }
             }];
-            
-            [[NSOperationQueue mainQueue] addOperation:op];
+
         } else {
             // Failed - no source
             self.underlyingImage = nil;
diff --git a/Demo/Podfile b/Demo/Podfile
index a7967908..e7d704ad 100644
--- a/Demo/Podfile
+++ b/Demo/Podfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ inhibit_all_warnings!
 
 target "PhotoBrowserDemo" do
 
-pod 'AFNetworking'
+pod 'SDWebImage'
 pod 'DACircularProgress'
 pod 'pop'
 
diff --git a/Demo/Podfile.lock b/Demo/Podfile.lock
index 8f8017ae..725c71b1 100644
--- a/Demo/Podfile.lock
+++ b/Demo/Podfile.lock
@@ -1,36 +1,18 @@
 PODS:
-  - AFNetworking (2.3.1):
-    - AFNetworking/NSURLConnection
-    - AFNetworking/NSURLSession
-    - AFNetworking/Reachability
-    - AFNetworking/Security
-    - AFNetworking/Serialization
-    - AFNetworking/UIKit
-  - AFNetworking/NSURLConnection (2.3.1):
-    - AFNetworking/Reachability
-    - AFNetworking/Security
-    - AFNetworking/Serialization
-  - AFNetworking/NSURLSession (2.3.1):
-    - AFNetworking/Reachability
-    - AFNetworking/Security
-    - AFNetworking/Serialization
-  - AFNetworking/Reachability (2.3.1)
-  - AFNetworking/Security (2.3.1)
-  - AFNetworking/Serialization (2.3.1)
-  - AFNetworking/UIKit (2.3.1):
-    - AFNetworking/NSURLConnection
-    - AFNetworking/NSURLSession
   - DACircularProgress (2.2.0)
   - pop (1.0.6)
+  - SDWebImage (3.7.1):
+    - SDWebImage/Core
+  - SDWebImage/Core (3.7.1)
 
 DEPENDENCIES:
-  - AFNetworking
   - DACircularProgress
   - pop
+  - SDWebImage
 
 SPEC CHECKSUMS:
-  AFNetworking: 6d7b76aa5d04c8c37daad3eef4b7e3f2a7620da3
   DACircularProgress: 3b41941891a56dc6aa17971f5322a9a38a6f446e
   pop: e518794da38942c05255eb64b36d894e70cb4f00
+  SDWebImage: 116e88633b5b416ea0ca4b334a4ac59cf72dd38d
 
 COCOAPODS: 0.33.1
diff --git a/IDMPhotoBrowser.podspec b/IDMPhotoBrowser.podspec
index 0f36fc92..8fa04491 100644
--- a/IDMPhotoBrowser.podspec
+++ b/IDMPhotoBrowser.podspec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.resources     =  'Classes/IDMPhotoBrowser.bundle', 'Classes/IDMPBLocalizations.bundle'
   s.framework     =  'MessageUI', 'QuartzCore', 'SystemConfiguration', 'MobileCoreServices', 'Security'
   s.requires_arc  =  true
-  s.dependency       'AFNetworking'
+  s.dependency       'SDWebImage'
   s.dependency       'DACircularProgress'
   s.dependency       'pop'
   end