An organic EL display which is capable of carrying out scanning time efficiently in the view of power consumption, and is capable of providing a normally white display. The display is formed by arranging a plurality of pixel units having a light emitting unit and a semiconductor switching circuit for operating the light emitting unit to emit light. The semiconductor switching circuit of each pixel includes an inverter, and operating output for operating the light emitting unit to emit light via said inverter. When each pixel is not selected, the light emitting unit emits light. When each pixel is selected, the light emitting unit does not emit light A normally white display is provided as a whole.