A photographer 2 registers photographing availability information by accessing a server at a service provider 3 from his terminal (S 1). A photograph client 1 registers photographing request information by accessing the server at the service provider 3 from a home terminal (S 2). The photograph client 1 selects a photographer 2 to be assigned to photograph a subject desired by the client based upon registered photographing availability information provided by photographers 2 (S 3). The selected photographer 2 performs a photographing operation (S 4). The photographer 2 registers a photographed image at the server of the service provider 3 (S 5). The photograph client 1 receives the image from the server of the service provider 3 (S 6).