A photographing lens and a photographing apparatus including the photographing lens. The photographing lens includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens that are arranged sequentially from an object side. The first lens has a concave surface toward the object side and has a positive refractive power, and the second lens is formed with a meniscus shape having a concave surface toward an image side and has a negative refractive power.