The invention discloses an imaging device and an imaging method. The imaging device comprises a pulse light source, a directional scanning mechanism, a light modulation unit, a projection unit, a light receiving unit, a central processing unit, a display unit, a control unit; the pulse light source, the directional scanning mechanism, the light modulation unit, the central processing unit and the display unit are sequentially arranged along a light path, and the control unit is connected with the directional scanning mechanism, the light modulation unit and the central processing unit. The control unit controls the directional scanning mechanism and the light modulation unit to work cooperatively, scanning of light beams on the light modulation unit is achieved, and therefore all light beam energy can act on a local area in a concentrated mode, output energy is greatly improved, the propagation distance of useful light beams is increased, and the imaging distance is increased; a plurality of receiving signals are integrated as receiving signals for one-time observation, so that random noise is reduced, the signal-to-noise ratio is improved; and in addition, view field expansion can be realized only by one or a few scanning mechanisms, and the device is low in processing and assembling difficulty and high in stability.