A lamp for a vehicle is provided. The lamp for the vehicle includes a lamp component to form a beam pattern that includes a plurality of pattern areas, an image acquisition component to acquire a forward view image of the vehicle at a predetermined period, a recognition component to recognize a front vehicle from the forward view image, and a control component to control a light amount of at least one pattern area that corresponds to the front vehicle among the plurality of pattern areas to form a shadow area. In particular, the control component controls a light amount of at least one pattern area, including a width of the front vehicle and predetermined fixed ranges added to both sides of the front vehicle, among the plurality of pattern areas to form the shadow area.