To provide a photographing apparatus capable of photographing an object to be photographed while avoiding enlargement and cost rise of a camera, without adding an automatic position indicating function to the camera.

This photographing apparatus is provided with a target position display function. The apparatus has a receiving means for receiving a signal from a signal generating device, a position detecting means for detecting the position of the signal generating device on the basis of the signal from the signal generating device, and a display means for displaying the position of the signal generating device.