An imaging apparatus includes a pedestal portion which is formed further forward than the handle holding portion and configured to store the display monitor with a display surface of the display monitor face thereto, a projected portion formed further forward than the pedestal portion, and a hinge member one part of which is fixed to the display monitor and the other part of which is fixed to the projected portion. The display monitor is drawn from the pedestal portion to an opposite side to the grip portion by rotating the display monitor in a first direction around a first rotating shaft of the hinge member. The display monitor is drawn from the pedestal portion to a side of the grip portion by rotating the display monitor in a second direction which is an opposite direction to the first direction around a first rotating shaft.