A photographing apparatus for a vehicle comprising: a camera unit configured to be disposed inside the vehicle so as to face a window of the vehicle and is configured to receive photographing light passing through the window; a heater configured to be disposed inside the vehicle so as to face the window, wherein the heater is a heating wire configured to generate heat when receiving electricity from an electric power source; a heated portion to which the heater is fixed, wherein the heater is fixed to a lower surface of the heated portion, and the heated portion is configured to release radiation heat to the window when receiving heat from the heater; and a pair of electrical supply lines (44c, 63) connected to respective end portions (43c, 43d) of the heating wire and configured to supply the electricity from the electric power source to the heater, wherein: the end portions (43c, 43d) have an area per unit length larger than that of a body portion (43b1) of the heating wire so that the end portions (43c, 43d) are configured to generate per unit time an amount of heat smaller than an amount of heat generated by the body portion (43b1) of the heater, the body portion (43b1) being the portion of the heating wire excluding the end portions (43c, 43d), and wherein: the end portions (43c, 43d) of the heater are positioned outside a periphery of the heated portion. a camera unit configured to be disposed inside the vehicle so as to face a window of the vehicle and is configured to receive photographing light passing through the window; a heater configured to be disposed inside the vehicle so as to face the window, wherein the heater is a heating wire configured to generate heat when receiving electricity from an electric power source; a heated portion to which the heater is fixed, wherein the heater is fixed to a lower surface of the heated portion, and the heated portion is configured to release radiation heat to the window when receiving heat from the heater; and a pair of electrical supply lines (44c, 63) connected to respective end portions (43c, 43d) of the heating wire and configured to supply the electricity from the electric power source to the heater, wherein: the end portions (43c, 43d) have an area per unit length larger than that of a body portion (43b1) of the heating wire so that the end portions (43c, 43d) are configured to generate per unit time an amount of heat smaller than an amount of heat generated by the body portion (43b1) of the heater, the body portion (43b1) being the portion of the heating wire excluding the end portions (43c, 43d), and wherein: the end portions (43c, 43d) of the heater are positioned outside a periphery of the heated portion. the end portions (43c, 43d) have an area per unit length larger than that of a body portion (43b1) of the heating wire so that the end portions (43c, 43d) are configured to generate per unit time an amount of heat smaller than an amount of heat generated by the body portion (43b1) of the heater, the body portion (43b1) being the portion of the heating wire excluding the end portions (43c, 43d), and wherein: the end portions (43c, 43d) of the heater are positioned outside a periphery of the heated portion.