A photosensor element that is capable of achieving a good balance between high photoelectric conversion efficiency and low dark current is able to be obtained by using a composition for forming a hole collecting layer of a photosensor element, which contains an organic solvent and a charge-transporting material that is composed, for example, of an aniline derivative or thiophene derivative represented by one of formulae (AA)-(DD) and having a molecular weight of 200-2,000.