1. An image-taking apparatus comprising: a focus detector, which detects the focus states at a plurality of focus detection areas provided in an image-taking screen; and a selector, which selects a focus target area from the plurality of focus detection areas based on the detection result of the focus detector, an image-taking lens being focused on an object in the focus target area, wherein, in a case where a first object distance to a first object is longer than a first predetermined distance, and a second object distance to a second object, which exists on an outer side of the first object in the image-taking screen, is shorter than the first object distance by a second predetermined distance or more, the selector selects the focus detection area corresponding to the second object as the focus target area.