Disclosed are a method and apparatus for centralized storage of photographs, which relates to the field of IP networks, wherein the method includes following steps performed by an intelligent terminal: obtaining an MAC address of an intelligent terminal, and taking it as a source MAC address of photograph files of the intelligent terminal; packaging the photograph files and the source MAC address to obtain data packets containing the photograph files and the source MAC address; uploading the data packets containing the photograph files and the source MAC address to a photograph file centralized storage device via a wired or wireless network. The photographs uploaded by the local terminal to the centralized storage service device can be found out from the intelligent terminal via the MAC address and can be more intelligently presented to the user, which is simple and practical.