Looks like he’s going for a trip on Epstein’s jet there… What’s the story?
Aggravating_Gas_8514 on
I always thought that picture was photoshopped. Knowing it isn’t makes this so much funnier
Kmaroz on
Only now I realised that Einstein is Vegapunk.
DuckCleaning on
Very interesting as fuck. You’re telling me he had his mouth closed before sticking out his tongue? I always thought he just had it like that the whole time.
jaserx91 on
Would
Delicious_Crazy513 on
he looks like a twerb lol
Childoftheway on
That guy next to him has a face like “holy shit I’m sitting next to Albert Einstein on a plane trip”.
> Frank Aydelotte was the president of Swarthmore College, where Albert Einstein was a professor.
> Credit: Bettmann / Contributor
> Editorial #: 517198312
> Date created: 14 March, 1951
[Here](https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6082853) is a source of a higher-quality and less-cropped version of the image on the right. (You need to zoom in manually). Per there:
> The iconic (and comical) portrait of Einstein sticking out his tongue for the photographers on his 72nd birthday. A very rare example signed by Einstein. Einstein is shown seated in an automobile between Dr. Frank Aydelotte, head of the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton and his wife, returning from a celebration of Einstein’s 72nd birthday at the Princeton Club. For the benefit of a gaggle of photographers, Einstein stuck out his tongue, but only Arthur Sasse, a United Press International photographer, managed to capture it. Sasse’s editors debated the appropriateness of the photograph for some time before submitting it for publication. It became the most popular photograph ever taken of the Nobel Laureate, demonstrating his playful side. Einstein was so delighted with the photo that he ordered multiple prints of this image. Most examples of this photograph are cropped to Einstein’s head, while this example shows the entire scene in its proper context.
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Always wondered why he stuck it out.
When was this taken?
I love this picture.
Looks like he’s going for a trip on Epstein’s jet there… What’s the story?
I always thought that picture was photoshopped. Knowing it isn’t makes this so much funnier
Only now I realised that Einstein is Vegapunk.
Very interesting as fuck. You’re telling me he had his mouth closed before sticking out his tongue? I always thought he just had it like that the whole time.
Would
he looks like a twerb lol
That guy next to him has a face like “holy shit I’m sitting next to Albert Einstein on a plane trip”.
https://preview.redd.it/jw6m2l2vggog1.png?width=220&format=png&auto=webp&s=37ec4f9157492c766399622db6e4a6ce7a30ce13
he do be silly like that
[Here](https://i.imgur.com/HqSSgIs.jpeg) is a higher-quality and less-cropped version of the image on the left. [Here](https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/frank-aydelotte-was-the-president-of-swarthmore-college-news-photo/517198312) is the source. Per there:
> Frank Aydelotte was the president of Swarthmore College, where Albert Einstein was a professor.
> Credit: Bettmann / Contributor
> Editorial #: 517198312
> Date created: 14 March, 1951
[Here](https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6082853) is a source of a higher-quality and less-cropped version of the image on the right. (You need to zoom in manually). Per there:
> The iconic (and comical) portrait of Einstein sticking out his tongue for the photographers on his 72nd birthday. A very rare example signed by Einstein. Einstein is shown seated in an automobile between Dr. Frank Aydelotte, head of the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton and his wife, returning from a celebration of Einstein’s 72nd birthday at the Princeton Club. For the benefit of a gaggle of photographers, Einstein stuck out his tongue, but only Arthur Sasse, a United Press International photographer, managed to capture it. Sasse’s editors debated the appropriateness of the photograph for some time before submitting it for publication. It became the most popular photograph ever taken of the Nobel Laureate, demonstrating his playful side. Einstein was so delighted with the photo that he ordered multiple prints of this image. Most examples of this photograph are cropped to Einstein’s head, while this example shows the entire scene in its proper context.