Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of image processing, and provide a photograph displaying method and a user terminal, which can automatically display a photograph in full screen, thereby improving user experience in fast picture browsing. The method includes: determining a current screen display mode of a user terminal; determining a shooting mode of a to-be-displayed photograph; determining whether the screen display mode matches the shooting mode; and if the screen display mode does not match the shooting mode, keeping an aspect ratio of the to-be-displayed photograph, and zooming in the to-be-displayed photograph to full screen for displaying on a display screen, where a width of a photograph displayed on the display screen is equal to a width of the display screen, or a height of a photograph displayed on the display screen is equal to a height of the display screen.