40 Well-Known Moments Shown From a Different Perspective

This is probably the most iconic photo of the world-famous Theoretical physicist Albert Einstein and probably one of the most iconic press photographs of any famous figure in the 20th century. We’re not exaggerating—the tongue photo really is one heck of a famous picture!

Well, this side-by-side picture shows us what happened moments before the iconic tongue photo was taken. It was taken on Einstein’s 72nd birthday on March 14, 1951, when he was leaving his birthday party at Princeton University with two colleagues. As you can tell by the first image, he was quite tired and not in the mood for the paparazzi, and when they wouldn’t leave him alone, he stuck out his tongue out of spite.