An array substrate and a preparation method therefor, a fingerprint recognition method, and a display device, comprising: a base substrate, a plurality of pixel units and a plurality of fingerprint recognition units located within a display region of the base substrate; a fingerprint recognition unit comprises: a light-shielding layer and a photosensitive image sensor that are located on the base substrate; the light-shielding layer is provided with a through hole which is used to achieve small-aperture imaging; the orthographic projection of the through hole on the base substrate does not overlap with the orthographic projection of a pixel unit on the base substrate; the photosensitive image sensor is used to receive an image of a fingerprint formed by means of the through hole.