An imaging apparatus includes a recording and reproducing unit which records an image data obtained by an image pickup unit on a recording medium and reproduces the image data from the recording medium; a communication unit which transmits the image data to an external device through radio communication; a power supply which supplies electric power to the communication unit; a display unit which displays an image according to the image data, a position of the display unit being arbitrarily movable; a display control unit which displays the image when the display unit is located at a second position, and inhibits the image display when the display unit is located at a first position; and a power supply control unit which stops the electric power supply to the communication unit when the display unit is located at the first position, and supplies the electric power to the communication unit when the display unit is located at the second position.

 
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