An image pickup device which makes it possible to perform shooting without moving a device body in response to motion of an object, and also even if an eye gaze direction of a shooter changes in response to the motion of the object, to perform the shooting while turning a display monitor to the eye gaze direction of the shooter. A lens barrel is supported on a device body in a manner rotatable around at least a first axis. A display monitor has a screen section on which a shot image captured by the lens barrel is displayed. A lens barrel drive unit is adapted to rotate the lens barrel around at least the first axis. An interlock unit is adapted to rotate the display monitor around the first axis, in an interlocked manner with the rotation of the lens barrel around the first axis by the lens barrel drive unit.