To provide an image pickup device and image pickup method for displaying the optimum range of observation without relying on the conditions in which the vehicle enters the road or the installation situation of the plurality of cameras. To provide a plurality of periphery image pickup means 10 and 11 that obtain images of the periphery of a vehicle wherein periphery image pickup means 10 and 11 that obtain the images displayed for the driver of the vehicle and the image range of the images obtained by periphery image pickup means 10 and 11 that are displayed to the driver of the vehicle are selected.
