Abstract: An apparatus and a method for displaying images in an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a processor that obtains an image and a depth map corresponding to the image, separates the image into one or more areas based on the depth map of the image, applies an effect, which is different from at least one of other areas, to at least one of the areas separated from the image, and connects the areas, to which the different effects have been applied, as a single image, and a display that displays the single image.