@ A light receiving member comprises a substrate for light receiving member, a surface layer having reflection preventive function and a light receiving layer of a multi-layer structure having at least one photosensitive layer comprising an amorphous material containing silicon atoms on the substrate, said light receiving layer having at least one pair of non-parallel interfaces within a short range and said non-parallel interfaces being arranged in a large number in at least one direction within the plane perpendicular to the layer thickness direction.