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HTML

<div class="container">
  <div class="align">
    <img src="http://placehold.it/400x300">
  </div>
</div>

CSS

.container {
  position:relative;
  width:20%;
  height:0;
  padding-bottom:20%;
  border:1px solid red;
  margin:0 auto;
  overflow:hidden;
}

.align {
  position:absolute;
  left:50%;
  margin:0 -400px;
  top:0;
  width:800px;
  height:100%;
  border:none;
  text-align:center;
}

img {
  vertical-align:top;
  height:100%;
  width:auto;
}