Sadness (Emotion)

"Sadness is an emotion characterized by feelings of disadvantage, loss and helplessness. Sadness happens when sad people become quiet, less energetic and withdrawn" (Wikipedia)



When people are sad, tears are usually displayed on their face. In some of the more meaning full photographs that represent sadness, you can see a depth in their eyes (such as the boy wit the red nose and mouth above). As you probably know, the ends of your mouth also tilt downwards, as do the sides of the eyes. The face is usually not very tense, but very soft.



This little girl might be sad because she might have down something wrong and know she is sad and it kinda looks like she is sad that she got caught doing something. It looks like she is just sitting there sort of like a 'time out'. Again, the eyes are tilted downwards again and the mouth is a little bellow straightness.



This little baby shows 'the pout'. Where the chin and lips are pushed outwards to create a different sad face. He kinda looks like he is gonna burst out crying any second. He's eyes are tilted again, but you can see that his face isn't as soft as the other pictures. Also, when the eyes go down, so do the eyebrows. This is my favourite sadness picture!



As I said before, some of the more meaningful photos have depth in the eyes, but this picture of the little girl doesn't have any depth. The girl is in the middle of the pout, but isn't quiet there yet. The eyebrows are kinda coming forward in this picture, but I don't think that is usual in a sad person.