Photos of sorrow?

Question

I have a photography assignment due and I need six picture of things that represent sadness. Please help me think of something.

I have to take all the pictures myself and I only have my house/ yard/ street to work with

Answer 1

A graveyard.
Someone losing a race.
A little kid waving goodbye (or looking out a window) to Mommy or Daddy as they go to work.
A dog looking at the door as the owner leaves.
A funeral, like a picture of President Bush's coffin or the military.
Military family waiting for their loved ones.

Since you only have your house/street area to work with, you can get a picture of a dented car, that is sad when someone had been in an accident.

It is suppose to snow here tonight, I don't know where you live, but if it does where you live, you can take a picture of snow, representing, sorrow of summer gone..... or leaves, falling, the same thing......

I can think of a lot more "Happy" things to think of than sad things.

Answer 2

A flag draped coffin
A shot of the World Trade Center (before or after the attack)
A shot from history of the buffalo slaughter of the late 1800's
A shot of departing Navy vessels with family on shore
A very elderly individual--bent with age
A shot of a building devastated by fire or tornado

I am a professional commercial photographer and this is my list
Hope it helps you in some way--all of these should be easy to google up-- even though they may not be easy to look at or work with !!!

Answer 3

A tree with no leaves. A broken window.

On my way home tonight, I stopped to move a dead kitten out of the road. She had been hit by a car. (Not MINE!!!) If you are "lucky" enough to find something like that on your street, it sure would represent sadness...

Answer 4

my wife and i use the neighborhood, too...and the neighbors, to pose sometimes (they all think we are a bit eccentric, but enjoy helping us out). you have your house yard and neighborhood...ask some neighbors to pose for you...you'd be surprised at the positive response you'll get.
that side of the house that needs work (yes, that one...you know the one).
a vase of dead and neglected roses next to a wine bottle on it's side, with perhaps some spillage on the table next to it...that can tell volumes and really get a response, from some viewers.
use your imagination and have fun with it...and your neighbors can think you're a bit eccentric too.

Answer 5

A dead rose.
A child crying while hugging a teddy.
An empty swing.
Someone sitting in the rain.
Scenes of the Holocaust. (A mother and child being split up)
Hope that helps...

Answer 6

Portraits and shadow figures always make good impressions of sorrow.
Check this site to get ideas.
http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/sad_9.html