PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that it was a burden for a photographer to photograph a patient without omitting a photographing instruction from a medical doctor.SOLUTION: A photographing apparatus comprises: photographing instruction acquisition means for receiving a photographing instruction to designate a photographing area of a subject means for displaying the photographing instruction on a figure showing the subject, on a screen and means for receiving the photographing instruction while the photographing instruction is displayed on the display screen.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4