The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal and a photo search method thereof capable of searching and displaying photos shared by the cloud and SNS systems in connection with a specific location on a camera view using augmented reality. To this end, according to the present disclosure, when a photo search function is selected on an augmented reality based camera view, photo information associated with at least one location on which the focus of the camera view is placed is searched from a network system to sort and display the searched photo information on the camera view, thereby allowing the user to conveniently search photos associated with old memories.