A silver halide light-sensitive material is disclosed, comprising a compound represented by the following formula (1): ##STR1## wherein PUG represents a photographically useful group bonded to B through a hetero atom thereof, CHL represents a multidentate ligand capable of coordinating to a metal atom, B represents a block group of which bonding to PUG is cleaved on cleavage of the bonding of CHL--M, M represents a divalent or greater metal, L represents a chelating ligand, m represents an integer of from 1 to 3, n represents 0 or an integer of 1 or 2, and the sum of m and n does not exceed 3. Also disclosed is an image formation method using the above-described silver halide light-sensitive material.