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Name: Muhammad Mohsin (F-63078) 32-B Semester # 02 Assignment # 01 Topic: Iconic Image

Einstein stuck out his tongue for a photo at his 72nd birthday celebration in 1951. It was one of the most iconic photos of Einstein as he was tired of smiling for pictures. The original photo showed Einstein sitting between two others but he had it cropped to just himself and autographed copies to send to friends, with one selling at auction later for $125,000.

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Name: Muhammad Mohsin (F-63078) 32-B Semester # 02 Assignment # 01 Topic: Iconic Image

Einstein stuck out his tongue for a photo at his 72nd birthday celebration in 1951. It was one of the most iconic photos of Einstein as he was tired of smiling for pictures. The original photo showed Einstein sitting between two others but he had it cropped to just himself and autographed copies to send to friends, with one selling at auction later for $125,000.

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Name: Muhammad Mohsin(F-63078)

32-B Semester # 02
Assignment # 01
Topic: Iconic Image

Albert Einstein sticks his tongue out while leaving his 72nd birthday celebration on 14 March 1951.

There are many photos of Einstein, but few are as iconic as the one with him sticking out his
tongue.

On Albert Einstein's 72nd birthday in 1951, by United Press International newswire


photographer Arthur Sasse tried to get him to smile for the camera. Tired of smiling for
pictures, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist stuck out his tongue instead. It went on to become
one of the most recognizable images of Einstein. 

The original photo shows Einstein sitting in between Dr. Frank Aydelotte, the former head of
the Institute for Advanced Study, and his wife. When Einstein saw the photo in the
newspaper the following day, he asked the photographer to crop out the other two people and
send him nine prints. Einstein autographed those and sent them to friends. One of them was
was sold at auction in 2015 for $125,000.

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