Provided is an object information acquiring apparatus including: an irradiating unit that irradiates an object with light a probe that receives an acoustic wave generated from the object irradiated with the light a generating unit that generates an image of the object interior on the basis of the acoustic wave an imaging region input unit that receives an input of a designation of an imaging region, which is a region of the object in which the acoustic wave is received by the probe a display region input unit that receives an input of a designation of a display region, which is a region of the object in which the image generated by the generating unit is displayed and a display unit that displays the generated image in the display region.