Shutterstock has released a new
infographic on Design and Emotion in Stock Photography.
Highlights of their findings include:
- Demand for images representing sadness more than doubled in the last year.
- Nevertheless joyous images are still chosen five times as often as sad images.
- Fear is selected nearly twice as often as surprise.
- Love ranks as the top human emotion.
Check out the
link to see examples of what customers are using in each of these subject areas.
Based on images purchased, these six emotions have increased in 2015 from the prior year.
| Emotion |
Percent |
| |
Increase |
| Love |
73% |
| Joy |
86% |
| Fear |
71% |
| Sadness |
101% |
| Surprise |
61% |
| Anger |
52% |